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ἔτους[…]Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος[…] Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ ἐφʼ ἱερέων τῶν ὄντων ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ[…] διʼ ἐπιτηρητῶν ἀγορανομίας[…] ὁμολογεῖ[…]μελίχρους[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31858
Beginning of a contract through the agoranomeion TM 31858Herakleopolites1. Hälfte III
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Opening of a contract drawn up through the overseers of the record office (agoranomeion), dated by an emperor's regnal year and the eponymous priests of Alexandria. A party acknowledges something, possibly in a sale involving a honey-coloured animal or slave. From the Herakleopolite nome, first half of the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Year […] of Imperator Caesar […] Pius Felix Augustus, in the time of the priests in office in Alexandria […]
through the overseers of the agoranomeion […]
[…] acknowledges […] honey-coloured […]
[… lines lost …]
"Melichrous" (honey-coloured) is often used in descriptions of slaves or animals being sold, but the object of this contract is lost. The epitheta "Pius Felix" point to an emperor of the Severan period or later.
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.