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Beginning of a contract (lease?) between Aurelia Heraeis and Tarilla and Georgios TM 22089Oxyrhynchos9. Jan. 542

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The opening of a contract, probably a lease, drawn up at Oxyrhynchus in January 542. Aurelia Heraeis, daughter of Phoibammon, addresses the married couple Tarilla, daughter of Praous, and Georgios, son of Victor, and begins to state what she voluntarily undertakes before the text breaks off.

In English machine translation

† After the consulship of Flavius Basilius, vir clarissimus, Tybi 14, indiction 5, in the city of Oxyrhynchus. Aurelia Heraeis, daughter of Phoibammon, her mother being […], originating from the city of the Oxyrhynchites, to the Aurelii Tarilla, daughter of Praous, her mother being Tekrampe, and her husband Georgios, […]lites (?), son of Victor, from the same city, greetings. I voluntarily undertake […] […]

Dated by the era after the consulship of Basilius (541), the last regular consul. The verb 'I undertake' (epidechomai) is typical of lease offers, which is why the document is thought to be a lease.

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 Contract (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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 9. Jan. 542 · Oxyrhynchos

† μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν Φλαουίου Βασιλίου τοῦ λαμπροτάτου Τῦβι ιδ ἰνδικτίονος ε, ἐν Ὀξυρύγχων πόλει. Αὐρηλία Ἡραεὶς Φοιβάμμωνος μητρὸς […] ὁρμωμένη ἀπὸ τῆς Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως Αὐρηλίοις Ταρίλλᾳ θυγατρὶ Πραοῦτος μητρὸς Τεκράμπε καὶ τῷ αὐτῆς ἀνδρὶ Γεωργίῳ […]λιτᾷ υἱῷ Βίκτορος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐ…