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A power of attorney drawn up at Kos in AD 323, in which Aurelia Artemonis authorizes her husband to sell or give away her slave woman Theodora, whom he had bought for her in her name. The mandate is meant to give the buyer secure proof of title.
Though found in Egypt (Oxyrhynchus papyri), the document was written on the island of Kos and dated by the local month Agrianios alongside a Roman date. The consular formula 'consuls to be designated' reflects uncertainty about the year's consuls during the conflict between Constantine and Licinius.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Power of Attorney). 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] τοῖς ἐσομένοις ἐκ τρίτου ὑπάτοις πρὸ ὀκτὼ καλανδῶν Ἰουλίων ἐν τῇ λαμπρᾷ Κῴων πόλει μηνὸς Ἀγριανίου […] Αὐρηλία Ἀρτεμωνὶς Κῴα ἔδωκα ἐντολὴν τῷ ἀνδρί μου ……ιῳ πρὸς τὸ ἐξουσίαν αὐτὸν ἔχειν διὰ ταύτης μου τῆς ἐντολῆς θέλεις πωλεῖν θέλεις χαρίζεσθαι τὴν δούλην μου Θεοδώραν ἣν ἠγόρ…
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