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Opening of a contract from Oxyrhynchus in which Aurelius Pamouthios son of Anoup, from the hamlet of Notinou Choriou on the Apion family estates, makes an agreement with the patrician Flavius Apion, represented by his servant Menas. The body of the contract is lost; the verso docket identifies it as Pamouthios' written agreement.
The years 286/255 are the local Oxyrhynchite era count, which points to AD 609; the conversion is inferred and not given in the records. The mention of 'need' suggests the start of a loan or similar undertaking, but the type of contract is lost.
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.
[r] † ἐν ὀνόματι τῆς ἀχράντου καὶ ὁμοουσίου τριάδος πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος, Θὼθ κϛ, ἰνδικτίωνος ιδ, ἔτους σπϛ σνε. Φλαουίῳ Ἀπίωνι τῷ πανευφήμῳ καὶ ὑπερφυεστάτῳ ἀπὸ ὑπάτων καὶ πατρικίῳ γεουχοῦντι καὶ ἐνταῦθα τῇ λαμπρᾷ Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλει διὰ Μηνᾶ οἰκέτου τοῦ ἐπερωτῶντος…
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