cpr.10.129
[r] χμγ ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν Φλαουίου Μαυρικίου Τιβερίου ἔτους ἑνδεκάτου …[…] … […] [… ? lines lost …] [v] † […]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 20878
Invocation and dating formula of a document TM 20878Herakleopolites594
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Opening of a Byzantine document, probably a contract, preserving only the invocation of Christ and the dating formula by the post-consulate of Emperor Maurice, year 11 (AD 594). It comes from the Herakleopolite nome; the substance of the document is lost.
In English machine translation
[recto]
χμγ
In the name of the Lord and Master Jesus Christ, our God and Saviour, after the consulship of our master Flavius Mauricius Tiberius, year eleven […]
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The letters χμγ at the top are a common Christian symbol of disputed meaning, often read as an abbreviation or isopsephism (643). Only the protocol survives, so the type of document cannot be determined.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Datierung einer 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.