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Contract, probably a loan, between two men of Ktema TM 22592Herakleopolites610 - 641

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Fragment of a contract, probably a loan, between Aurelius Menas son of Horapollon and Aurelius An[…], both from the village of Ktema in the Herakleopolite nome, dated by the reign of Emperor Heraclius. Only the opening formula, the parties, the debtor's subscription, witness signatures and the notary's completion survive.

In English machine translation

[† In the name] of the Lord and Master Jesus Christ, God and Saviour [of ours, in the reign of …] our [master and greatest] benefactor Flavius Heraclius the eternal Augustus and Imperator, [year …] […] … Aurelius Menas son of [the late Horapollon], [from] Ktema of the Herakleopolite nome … … Aurelius An[…] from the same Ktema of the same nome [… 4 lines lost …] [and] having been asked the formal question, I agreed. † I, Aurelius Menas son of Horapollon, the aforementioned […] […] … son of Menas, I bear witness. † † I, Menas son of Phib, bear witness. † † I, […] son of […], bear witness. † […] … I bear witness. † † I, Praous son of Jeremiah, bear witness. † […] † Through me, A…ios, the most humble † …[…]…[…]

The body of the contract is lost, so its identification as a money loan is only a probable guess. Ktema is a place name meaning 'estate'.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Loan (of Money?)). 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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p.bodl.1.73

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 610 - 641 · Herakleopolites

† ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, βασιλείας τοῦ[…]ἡμῶν δεσπότου καὶ μεγίστου εὐεργέτου Φλαουίου Ἡρακλείου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου καὶ Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους[…]τῆς[…] … Αὐρήλιος Μηνᾶς υἱὸς τοῦ μακαρίου Ὡραπολλῶ ἀπὸ Κτήματος τοῦ Ἡρακλεοπολίτου …