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Undertaking by Aurelius Makaris, farmer of Psempekle, to the heirs of Apion TM 22684Oxyrhynchos11. Okt. 582

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The opening of a written undertaking addressed by Aurelius Makaris son of Elias, a registered farmer from the hamlet of Psempekle, to the heirs of the patrician Apion, landowners at Oxyrhynchus, acting through their servant Menas. The text breaks off after the address, so the substance of the agreement is lost; it is dated 11 October 582.

In English machine translation

[recto] † In the reign of our most divine and most pious master, greatest benefactor, Flavius Tiberius Constantine, the eternal Augustus and Imperator, year 8, in the consulship of the same most pious master of ours, year 4, Phaophi 14, indiction 1. To the most magnificent heirs of Apion of glorious memory, former patrician, landowners also here in the splendid city of the Oxyrhynchites, through Menas, servant, who makes the stipulation and acquires for his own masters, the same most renowned men, the right of action and obligation, Aurelius Makaris son of Elias, mother Rachel, originating from the hamlet of Psempekle, an estate of your magnificence in the Oxyrhynchite nome, registered farmer (?) of it, greetings. […] […] [verso] † Written undertaking (?) of Makaris […]

An enapographos georgos was a tied farmer registered on a great estate, here the Apion family estate. The body of the contract is lost, so its exact type is unknown.

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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 11. Okt. 582 · Oxyrhynchos

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