p.lond.5.1901
[… 1 line lost …] πανταχοῦ προφερομένην ἐπὶ πάσης ἀρχῆς[…] […] καὶ φρικωδέστατον ὅρκον φυλάξαι τὴν παροῦσαν[…] [… 2 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 36993
Fragment of a contract with validity clause and oath TM 36993unbekanntVI
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A small fragment of a Byzantine legal document, probably a contract or agreement, preserving the standard closing clauses: the document is valid when produced before any authority, and the parties swear a most awesome oath to keep it. It dates to the 6th century AD.
In English machine translation
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[…] to be produced everywhere before every authority […]
[…] and the most awesome oath, to observe the present […]
[… 2 lines lost …]
The phrases are typical closing formulas of Byzantine contracts and settlements; the parties and subject of the agreement are lost.
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.