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Opening of a lease in which Theodoros, a courier (cursor) on the staff of the governor of Arcadia, offers to lease something from Anastasios son of Georgios, both of Oxyrhynchus. It is dated 14 August 588 under the emperor Maurice; the object of the lease is lost.
A cursor was a courier or messenger on the governor's office staff (taxis). The text breaks off before naming what was leased.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of Lease). 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] ☧ βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου μεγίστου εὐεργέτου Φλαουΐου Τιβερίου Μαυρικίου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου καὶ Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους ϛ, ὑπατείας τοῦ αὐτοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου ἔτους ε, Μεσορὴ κα, ἰνδικτίωνος ϛ. τῷ θαυμασιωτάτῳ Ἀναστασίῳ υἱῷ τοῦ μακαρίου …
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