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Beginning of a contract by a coppersmith of Aphrodite with a general TM 19053Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)30. Okt. 537

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The opening of a contract written at the village of Aphrodite in the Antaiopolite nome on 30 October 537. A coppersmith, son of Apollos and Thekla, addresses a high-ranking general through his agent Flavius Theodosios, a scriniarius, and begins a formal acknowledgment; the substance of the agreement is lost.

In English machine translation

[After the consulship] of Flavius Belisarius, the most glorious, Hathyr 3, of the first indiction. To Flavius […], the most glorious and all-famous general, son of the late Comes (?) of blessed memory, through you, Flavius Theodosios, most illustrious scriniarius, and the leading man (?), [from Flavius] […], whose father is Apollos and mother Thekla, coppersmith, [from the village of Aphro]dite of the Antaiopolite nome, greetings. I acknowledge by this [document] […]

A scriniarius was an official of an administrative bureau (scrinium), here acting as agent for the general. The name of the father of the general, read as Komes, is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragmet de 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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 30. Okt. 537 · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

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