One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 35328

Subscriptions of a lease with three witnesses TM 35328HermopolitesEnde V

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The end of a lease contract from the Hermopolite nome, late 5th century AD. Only the lessee's closing statement, three witness subscriptions and the remains of the notary's completion note survive.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] … […] … I have leased as aforesaid. […] I witness the lease, having heard it from the party who made it. […] I witness the lease, having heard it from the party who made it. […] I witness the lease, having heard it from the party who made it. [† Through me] […] it was written.

The witnesses declare they heard the terms from the party who drew up the contract, a standard Byzantine witness formula. The final line is the notary's completion note, whose name is lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment einer Misthosis). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

cpr.9.38

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Ende V · Hermopolites

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