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Fragment of an agreement subscribed by Aurelius Ploutogenes TM 20316Kellis (Oasis Magna)337

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End of a legal agreement from Kellis in the Dakhla Oasis, dated by the consuls of AD 337. Aurelius Ploutogenes subscribes his consent through a literate writer, Aurelius Polykrates son of Horos, and a presbyter of the catholic church, Aurelius Harpokrates, signs as witness.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] from [...] [...] (?) ... and [...] [and lawful], as if deposited in a [public archive, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent.] [In the consulship of Flavius] Felicianus and Tettius Titianus, [the most illustrious.] [...] I, [Aurelius Plo]utogenes, the aforesaid, have made [the agreement] [on all the] terms [it contains], and I consent. [Aurelius Polykrates son of Horos, from [...], wrote on his behalf] [since he does not know letters.] [...] I, [Aurelius Harp]okrates, presbyter of the catholic church, [bear witness.]

The witness is one of the early attestations of a presbyter of the 'catholic church' in Egypt. The nature of the agreement is lost; the surviving lines contain only closing clauses and subscriptions.

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.1.58

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 337 · Kellis (Oasis Magna)

[… ? lines lost …] […] ἐκ λο…[…] […]θήκης κυριαστισης καὶ ε…[…] καὶ ἐννομο[…]ὡς κατακειμένης ἐν δημοσίῳ καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα. ὑπατείας Φλαουίου Φηλικιανοῦ καὶ Τεττίου Τιτιανοῦ τῶν λαμπροτάτων […]Αὐρήλιος Πλουτογένης ὁ προκείμενος ἐθέμην τὴν ὁμολογίαν ἐφʼ αἷς περιέχει διαστολ…