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Dating clause with Christian invocation in a document of Pamouthios TM 21272Oxyrhynchos (?)591 - 602

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Opening of a Byzantine document with a Christian invocation and a dating clause by the regnal and consular years of the emperor, addressed to a most admirable Anastasios. The verso docket identifies it as a document of Pamouthios. It probably comes from Oxyrhynchus and dates to AD 591-602.

In English machine translation

[recto] † In the name of the Lord and Master Jesus Christ, our God and Saviour, in the consulship of the same most pious our master, year […], Phaophi 29, indiction […]. To the most admirable […] Anastasios […] […] [… lines lost …] [verso] † Document of Pamouthios son of Onn[…] † Document of Pamouthios […]

The invocation formula with the consulship of the reigning emperor fits the reign of Maurice, hence the date range. The nature of the document is uncertain; the docket and address suggest a contract or acknowledgment.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Datazione con invocazione cristiana). 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 · 591 - 602 · Oxyrhynchos (?)

[r] † ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ὑπατείας τοῦ αὐτοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου ἔτους[…] Φαῶφι κθ ἰνδικτίονος […] τῷ θαυμασιωτάτῳ[…] Ἀναστασίῳ χω[…] …[…]…[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] † γραμματεῖον Παμουθίου Ὀνν[…] † γραμματεῖον Παμουθί…