The top of a Byzantine document opening with an invocation of the Holy Trinity and a regnal dating clause naming an emperor, preceded by numerical Christian symbols and a note 'through Ioannes'. The back mentions a God-beloved official named Amm[…] concerned with revenues of a nome, Alexandria and public taxes. It dates to the early 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Through Ioannes […]
† […]
643 […]
643 […]
643 […]
99 […]
† In the name of the holy and life-giving [Trinity …], in the reign of the most divine […] the eternal Augustus and Imperator […, year …]
[… 1 line lost …]
[verso]
[Through] me, the God-beloved Amm[…]
[…] of the nome, in charge of revenues, ... and […]
[…] of Alexandria, after the public taxes of the same […]
The repeated 'χμγ' (643) and 'ϙθ' (99) are isopsephic Christian symbols, often read as 'God is witness' and 'Amen', placed at the head of documents. The word 'χραιο' on the verso is unclear.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Top of a Document). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.