Fragmentary contract involving soldiers of the legion XVI Flavia Firma TM 17233unbekannt238 - 244

Fragmentary Greek legal document, probably a contract, from Dura-Europos involving soldiers of the Sixteenth Legion Flavia Firma. It mentions sums in denarii, a standard-bearer, a centurion, a primipilus and the emperor Gordian III, dating it to AD 238-244.

In English machine translation

The dating formula referred to consuls, a regnal year and a local era ("former reckoning"), but the details are lost. Only the left-hand edges of most lines survive, so the nature of the agreement is unclear.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragmentary Contract). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.