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Subscriptions and witness to an agreement of Aurelius Horion TM 20279Kellis (Oasis Magna)356

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The closing part of an agreement made by Aurelius Horion, preserving the consular date, his subscription accepting the terms (written for him by the village scribe because he was illiterate), and a witness's signature. It was written at Kellis in the Great Oasis in AD 356.

In English machine translation

[…] [in the consulship of our] lords Constantius Augustus [for the 8th time and Claudius] Julianus Caesar for the 1st time […] I, [Aurelius] Horion, the aforementioned, have made the agreement on all the terms it contains, as stated above, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. I, Aurelius […]s son of Tithoes, village scribe of the same village, wrote on his behalf, since he does not know letters. I, Aurelius Herakles son of Psais, from the village of Kellis, am witness.

The body of the agreement is lost, so its subject is unknown. The consular date (Constantius II for the 8th time and Julian Caesar for the 1st) corresponds to AD 356.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of an Agreement). 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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p.kellis.1.14

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 356 · Kellis (Oasis Magna)

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