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End of a document dated by Gallienus TM 703397unbekannt266 - 268

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The closing lines of a document, probably a contract, ending with the formal stipulation clause ("having been asked, I agreed") and a date in the reign of the emperor Gallienus. The beginning of a signature by someone named Aurelius follows.

In English machine translation

[… ? lines lost …] […] and having been asked the formal question, I agreed. Year […] of Imperator Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus Germanicus Maximus Persicus Maximus Pius Felix Augustus, M[…] Aurelius […]

The phrase "having been asked, I agreed" is the Roman stipulation formula typical of contracts, which suggests the genre. The title Persicus Maximus helps narrow the date to the later years of Gallienus' reign.

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

p.koeln.15.621

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

[… ? lines lost …] […] καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα. ἔτους […] Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Πουπλίου Λικιννίου Γαλλιηνοῦ Γερμανικοῦ μεγίστου Περσικοῦ μεγίστου Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ, Μ[…] Αὐρήλιος […]