bgu.2.400
† ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, βασιλείας τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν Φλαουίου Μαυρικίου Τιβερίου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9149
Beginning of a document dated by the reign of Maurice TM 9149Arsinoites591 - 602
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Opening of a Byzantine document from the Arsinoite nome dated by the reign of Emperor Maurice (Flavius Mauricius Tiberius), with the standard Christian invocation. Only the dating protocol survives; the body of the text is lost.
In English machine translation
† In the name of the Lord and Master Jesus Christ, God and our Saviour, in the reign of our Master Flavius Mauricius Tiberius, the eternal Augustus,
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This invocation and regnal formula typically opens contracts and other legal documents, but the content of this one is 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.