Beginning of a contract addressed to the holy catholic church TM 17943Oxyrhynchos631 - 632

The opening of a contract from Oxyrhynchus, dated by the regnal years of the emperors Heraclius and his son Heraclius Constantine, the 5th indiction and the local era years, AD 631-632. The surviving text breaks off just as it names the holy catholic church as one of the parties.

In English machine translation

The years 308 and 277 are the Oxyrhynchite era years, counted from the accessions of Constantius II and Julian with Constantius II; the second figure is restored. Only the invocation, dating clause and the address to the church survive, so the nature of the contract is unknown.

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.