Beginning of a joint acknowledgement by three farmers to a noblewoman TM 20874Hermopolis

Beginning of a contract from Hermopolis in which three farmers, Herakleides son of Petros, Petros and Sarapion son of Ammonion, make a joint acknowledgement, as mutual guarantors, to a noblewoman, daughter of Heliodoros. It is dated to Phaophi 16 of a 6th indiction, in the year after the consulship of Basilius (AD 541 or later). The substance of the agreement is lost.

In English machine translation

The opening χμγ (643) is probably an isopsephic Christian symbol, usually read as standing for 'God helps'. The date is inferred from the post-consular formula and indiction, as the records give no exact date.

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 datierten Urkunde). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.