Fragment of a contract (an acknowledgement) involving a man named Philippos, with the physical descriptions of the parties, including scars and an age of about 23. It dates to the fifteenth year of Emperor Domitian, AD 95-96.
In English machine translation
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[…] scar on the left arm, to Philippos […]
[…] about 23 years old, scar on the right shin
[…] the acknowledging party […]
[…] to Philippos on the fifth (?) […]
[…] in the current fifteenth year of Imperator Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus […]
The descriptions of the parties by age and scars are standard identifying features in Greek contracts from Roman Egypt. The exact nature of the agreement is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.