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Opening of a contract addressed by Aurelius Papnouthios son of Samoelios to the great landowner Flavius Apion, represented by his servant Menas, at Oxyrhynchus. The text breaks off after the parties' names, so the actual terms are lost; the docket on the back calls it a contract of Papnouthios.
Only the dating formula and address survive; the nature of the agreement is unknown. The reading 'phrontistes' (estate steward) in the docket is partly restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Pacti initium). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] † ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶνδεσπότου μεγίστου εὐεργέτου Φλαουίου Ἡρακλείου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου καὶ Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους θ Ἐπεὶφ ια ἰνδικτίονος ζ † Φλαουίῳ Ἀπίωνι τῷ πανευφήμῳ καὶ ὑπε…
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