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The opening of a lease, addressed by Aurelius, son of Demetrios, to the tribune and landowner Flavius Apphous, son of the late magistrianus Eulogios. It was drawn up at Oxyrhynchus in August 511; only the dating clause and the address survive, with a docket on the back identifying it as a lease.
A magistrianus was an imperial agent (agens in rebus) attached to the office of the master of offices. The indiction phrase 'δ ἀρχῇ ε' marks the end of the 4th and beginning of the 5th indiction, the new indiction year starting in late summer.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Beginning of a Lease). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] † ὑπατείας Φλαουίων Σεκουνδίνου καὶ Φήλικος τῶν λαμπροτάτων Μεσορὴ κδ ἰνδικτίονος δ ἀρχῇ ε. Φλαουίῳ Ἀπφοῦτι τῷ λαμπροτάτῳ τριβούνῳ υἱῷ τοῦ τῆς ἀρίστης μνήμης Εὐλογίου γεναμένου μαγιστριανοῦ γεουχοῦντι ἐνταῦθα τῇ λαμπρᾷ καὶ λαμπροτάτῃ Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλει Αὐρήλιος […]υἱὸς Δημητρί…
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