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The opening of a contract drawn up through the record office (agoranomeion) of the Herakleopolite nome, dated by the regnal year of the emperor Severus Alexander (AD 222-235) and the eponymous priests of Alexandria. Only the dating formula and the office survive, so the content of the agreement is lost.
The agoranomeion was the notarial office where contracts were drawn up and registered. The surviving prescript is largely restored from standard formulas.
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.
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