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Opening of an agreement addressed to the great landowner Flavius Apion, former consul, at Oxyrhynchus, made through his servant Menas, who acts on his master's behalf. The parties, several persons named Aurelius, are lost with the rest of the text. It dates to 27 March 593, under the emperor Maurice.
Only the dating clause and address survive, so the subject of the agreement is unknown. The day number in Pharmouthi is not preserved in the edition; the exact date comes from the catalogue records.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Agreement). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
† βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶεὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου μεγίστου εὐεργέτου Φλαυίου Μαυρικίου νέου Τιβερίου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου καὶ Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους ια ὑπατείας τοῦ αὐτοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου ἔτους ι Φαρμοῦθι ἰνδικτίονος ια Φλαυίῳ Ἀπίωνι τῷ πανευφήμῳ ἀπὸ ὑπάτων γεουχοῦντ…
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