p.dura.28
[r] [… 26 lines lost …] Αὐρήλιος Μάννος ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ τοῦ πολιτικοῦ μαρτυρῶ. [… 2 lines lost …] [v] [… 2 lines lost …] Ἄβγαρος ὁ στρατηγός· [… 3 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 17225
Greek subscriptions to a Syriac deed of sale TM 17225Dura - Europos243
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Greek witness subscriptions surviving from a deed of sale written mainly in Syriac, dated AD 243 and found at Dura-Europos. Only the signature of Aurelius Mannos, an official of the temple and civic administration, and the name of Abgar the strategos remain in Greek.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…]
Aurelius Mannos, the official in charge of the temple and the civic (archive?), I witness.
[…]
[verso]
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Abgar the strategos.
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The main text of the deed is in Syriac and is not reproduced here; only the Greek parts appear in this edition. The deed itself was drawn up at Edessa, and the document was found at Dura-Europos.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Syriac Deed of Sale). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.