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Beginning of a lease contract in which Aurelius Herakleides son of Pibekis, from the village of Areos, acknowledges leasing something from Flavius Taurinus, an officer (centenarius) of the Mauri troops stationed at Hermopolis. It is dated 17 November 446 and the object of the lease is lost.
The Mauri were a unit of Moorish soldiers garrisoned at Hermopolis; a centenarius was a junior officer rank. The text breaks off before the leased property is named.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Pachtvertrag). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου τὸ ϛ καὶ τοῦ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου καὶ ἐνδοξοτάτου μαγίστρου τῶν θείων ὀφφικίων Φλαυίου Νόμου, Ἁθὺρ κα, ιε ἰνδικτίονος. Φλαουίῳ Ταυρίνῳ Πλουσάμμωνος τῷ καθοσιωμένῳ κεντηναρίῳ τῶν ἐν τῇ λαμπροτάτῃ Ἑρμουπόλει …
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