Opening lines of a contract drawn up through the record office in a village of the Herakleopolite nome, dated by the reign of an emperor named Marcus Aurelius Severus. Only parts of the names of the parties and a possible reference to a land allotment survive.
In English machine translation
Year […] of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Se[verus …]
[… through the overseers of the agoranomeion (?)] at Tekmi (?) in the district above Memphis of the Herakleopolite nome […]
[…]mys (?), mother Then[…]
[…] Marcus Aurelius Eu[…]
[…] of Aphrodite, Heraklei[…]
[…] of Apollonios also called D[…]
[…] … allotment (?) […]
[…]
The emperor is probably Severus Alexander (Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander). The agoranomeion was the local notarial office where contracts were registered; most of the reference to it is restored.
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.