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Opening of a contract from Oxyrhynchus dated 9 June 609, in the reign of the emperor Phocas. Only the invocation of the Trinity, the dating formula and the start of the address to a comes of high rank survive.
The body of the contract is lost, so its nature cannot be determined. A comes was an honorific title for high-ranking officials or landowners in late antiquity.
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.
† ἐν ὀνόματι τῆς ἁγίας ἀχράντου καὶ ὁμοουσίου τριάδος πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος. βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβεστάτουἡμῶν δεσπότου μεγίστου εὐεργέτου Φλαουίου Φωκᾶ τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου καὶ Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους ζ, ὑπατείας τοῦ αὐτοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου ἔτους ϛ,…
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