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Opening of a contract (a formal acknowledgement, homologia) drawn up in the fourth year of Valerian and Gallienus, at Herakleopolis above Memphis. Only the dating clause and the beginning of the party's name survive, mentioning a Kapiton.
The text uses a double date with the Macedonian month Apellaios alongside the Egyptian Phaophi. The place name 'Herakleous polis above Memphis' may refer to a town in the Memphite area rather than the well-known Herakleopolis Magna.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ein Contractfragment). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἔτους τετάρτου Αὐτοκρατόρων Καισάρων Πουπλίου Λικιννίου Οὐαλεριανοῦ καὶ Πουπλίου Λικιννίου Οὐαλεριανοῦ Γαλλιηνοῦ Εὐσεβῶν Εὐτυχῶν καὶ Πουπλίου Λικιννίου Κορνηλίου Οὐαλεριανοῦ τοῦ ἱερωτάτου Καίσαρος Σεβαστῶν μηνὸς Ἀπελλαίου Φαῶφι […]ἐν Ἡρακλέους πόλει τῇ ὑπὲρ Μέμφιν. ὁμολογεῖ Α[…] …
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