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Opening of a contract (an acknowledgement, homologia) from the Herakleopolite nome, dated by the regnal year of an emperor styled Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus. A party whose name begins Eir[…], aged about 56 and described by a scar, makes an acknowledgement, but the terms are lost.
The imperial titulature with "Pius Felix" points to Caracalla or Elagabalus (early 3rd century AD) rather than Marcus Aurelius. The dating formula naming the priests in Alexandria and the double Macedonian and Egyptian month is typical of Herakleopolite contracts.
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.
ἔτους[…]Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ ἐφʼ ἱερέων τῶν ὄντων ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν γραφομένων κοινῶν μηνὸς Δησίου Φαρμοῦθι[…] […]νομοῦ· ὁμολογεῖ Ειρ[…] […]ὡς ἐτῶν πεντήκοντα ἓξ οὐλὴ[…] […]τῆς αὐτῆς […] […]ος ἀπὸ τῆς[…] […]μενο…
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