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Subscriptions and witness statements from a lease TM 20822Hermopolitesca. 525

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The end of a lease contract from the Hermopolite nome, around AD 525. Only the subscriptions survive: a scribe signing for an illiterate party, two witnesses from Hermopolis (Aurelius Apollos son of Phoibammon and Christodoros), and the notary Eulogios.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] … […] from Hermopolis, having been asked, I wrote on his behalf because he does not know letters. † I, Aurelius Apollos son of Phoibammon, from Hermopolis, witness the lease, having heard it from the party who made it †. I, Christodoros son of Horos(?) […] from Hermopolis, witness the lease, having heard it from the party who made it †. † Written through me, Eulogios. Lord, help!

The "party who made it" is the lessee or lessor who issued the lease. The notary's closing "Lord, help" is a common Christian invocation in Byzantine contracts.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment einer Misthosis). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · ca. 525 · Hermopolites

[… ? lines lost …] … ἀπὸ Ἑρμοῦ πόλεως ἀξιωθεὶς ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ γράμματα μὴ εἰδότος . † Αὐρήλιος Ἀπολλῶς Φοιβάμμωνος ἀπὸ Ἑρμοῦ πόλεως μαρτυρῶ τῇ μισθώσει ἀκούσας παρὰ τοῦ θεμένου †. Χριστόδωρος Ωρου…[…]…ουια ἀπὸ Ἑρμοῦ πόλεως μαρτυρῶ τῇ μισθώσει ἀκούσας παρὰ τοῦ θεμένου †. † διʼ …