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Opening of a contract, possibly a loan, made in AD 613 in the Hermopolite nome. Two brothers, Aurelius Apollos and Aurelius Petros, sons of Taurinos and Sophia from the hamlet of Sarapodoros, address Aurelia Athanasia, daughter of the late Hadrianos, of Hermopolis. Only the dating formula, the parties and a clause confirming that an earlier agreement remains valid survive.
The identification as a loan is tentative. The surviving clause refers to an earlier document staying valid, so this may be a supplementary or renewed agreement.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment eines Darlehensvertrages (?)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
† ἐν ὀνόματι τῆς ἁγίας καὶ ζῳοποιοῦ καὶ ὁμοουσίου τριάδος πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ γαληνοτάτου καὶ θεοστεφοῦς ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλαυίου Ἡρακλείου τοῦ αἰωνίου αὐγούστου αὐτοκράτορος καὶ μεγίστου εὐεργέτου ἔτους τρίτου Παχὼν εἰκασέκτῃ δευτέρας ἰνδ…
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