Heading of a contract
Head of a contract agreed by [�] and the monks of the convent of Zmin. Only the beginning renains, but it seems that this papyrus is simply the duplicate of 67170. Belongs to the archive of Dioscoros.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 18928
Heading of a contract with the monks of the monastery of Zmin TM 18928Zmin (Panopolites)AD 564-65
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The opening of a contract addressed to the community of monks of the monastery of Zmin in the Panopolite nome, represented by their superior Apa Ioannes. It is dated in the reign of Justinian to Pharmouthi 21 of the 13th indiction (AD 565) and belongs to the archive of Dioskoros.
In English machine translation
† 643
In the reign of our most divine master Flavius Iustinianus, the eternal Augustus and Imperator, year 38, after the consulship of Flavius Basilius, the most glorious, year 23, Pharmouthi 21, thirteenth indiction.
To the community of the most pious monks of the holy monastery of Zmin, through the most God-beloved Apa Ioannes, monk and superior of the same monastery, owning [...] around [...]
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Only the dating formula and address survive; the text appears to be a duplicate of the contract P.Cair.Masp. 67170. The opening 'χμγ' is a Christian cryptogram usually read as 643, often interpreted as standing for 'Christ born of Mary'.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as En - tête d’un contrat). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.cair.masp.2.67171
† χμγ βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλαυίου Ἰουστινιανοῦ τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους τριακοστοῦ ὀγδόου, μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν Φλαυίου Βασιλίου τοῦἐνδοξοτάτου ἔτους εἰκοστοῦ τρίτου Φαρμοῦθι κα ἰνδικτίονος τρεισκαιδεκάτης. τῷ κοινῷ τῶν εὐλαβεστάτων μοναχῶν τοῦ εὐαγ…