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Opening of a contract drawn up through the overseers of the agoranomia (notarial office), dated by the regnal year of an emperor styled Pius Felix Augustus and the eponymous priests of Alexandria. The parties include a man from Herakleopolis and Aurelia Artem[…], with mention of a minor and a mother; the substance of the agreement is lost.
The emperor's name is lost; the date to Severus Alexander's reign is tentative. Most of the place reference and the dating formula are editorial restorations.
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 […] […]Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ ἐφʼ ἱερέων τῶν ὄντων ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν γραφομένων κοινῶν μηνὸς Ξανθικοῦ Μεχεὶρ πέμπτῃ διʼ ἐπιτηρητῶν ἀγορανομίας περὶ τέκμει τοῦ ὑπὲρ Μέμφιν[…] […]μος Ἡρακλ[…] […]Ἡρακλέους πόλεως ἀναγραφόμενος ἐν τῇ π…
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