p.lond.5.1900
† βασιλείας καὶ ὑπατείας[…] τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου Αὐτοκράτορος[…] † τῷ δικαίῳ τοῦ εὐαγοῦς μοναστηρίου[…] διακειμένου κατὰ[…] λιβὸς ἐν ῥύμῃ λεγομένῃ[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 36992
Beginning of a deed addressed to a monastery TM 36992Hermopolis (?)2. Hälfte VI
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Opening lines of a Byzantine legal document, probably a contract, addressed to a monastery, with an imperial dating formula and a mention of property in a named lane. It dates to the second half of the 6th century AD and probably comes from Hermopolis.
In English machine translation
† In the reign and consulship […]
of the eternal Augustus Imperator […]
† To the legal estate (?) of the pious monastery […]
situated at […]
west, in a lane called […]
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"To the dikaion" of the monastery refers to the monastery as a legal entity holding rights; the restoration "monastery" is the editor's. The provenance is uncertain.
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.