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Fragmentary opening of a Byzantine document, dated by the reign and consulship of the emperor Maurice, mentioning a former overseer of gold taxes and someone handing over property to others. It may be a petition or a legal declaration concerning property left behind.
The catalogue tentatively describes the text as a petition; the surviving wording (handing over everything, things left behind) could also suggest a deed of cession. The year is computed from Maurice's consulship, so the conversion is approximate..
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Eingabe (?)). 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 τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου μεγίστου εὐεργέτου Φλαουίου Μαυρικίου Νέου Τιβερίου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους[…] καιδεκάτου, ὑπατείας τοῦ αὐτοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπό…
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