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[r] † ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν. ὑπατείας τοῦ αὐτοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου ἔτους ιϛ, Ἁθὺρ ιζ, ἰνδικτίωνος δευτέρας.[…] […] [v] ☧ γραμματεῖον Σαρα[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 17918
Opening of a contract with invocation and dating clause TM 17918Oxyrhynchites13. Nov. 598
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The opening of a contract from the Oxyrhynchite nome, preserving only the Christian invocation and the dating formula by the emperor's consulship, Hathyr 17 of the second indiction (13 November 598). The docket on the back names a party whose name begins Sara[…].
In English machine translation
[recto]
† In the name of the Lord and Master Jesus Christ, our God and Saviour. In the consulship of the same our most pious master, year 16, Hathyr 17, indiction second. […] […]
[verso]
☧ Document of Sara[…]
The emperor is not named but the year 16 of the consulship and the second indiction fit Maurice. The verso docket identifies the document as a gramateion (written deed) of someone whose name is lost after Sara-.
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 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.