Beginning of a contract registered at the agoranomeion of Peenpibykis TM 22290Herakleopolites211 - 217

Only the opening dating formula of a document survives, set in the reign of Caracalla, with eponymous priests and a reference to the record office (agoranomeion) of Peenpibykis above Memphis, run through overseers. Such preambles typically open contracts registered before a notarial office in the Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

The agoranomos was the public notary who drew up and registered contracts; here the office was administered by overseers (epiteretai). The identification as a contract rests on the formulaic preamble, since the body is lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.