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Fragmentary contract of sale from the Arsinoite nome, AD 591-602, in which Aurelius Gerontios son of Konstantinos and others, together with children Anna and Ioannes, sell about 18 arouras of land to Aurelius Eudaimon. The verso carries a docket describing it as a sale of 18 arouras.
The regnal invocation probably named Maurice Tiberius, fitting the date range. 'Ammata' (abbreviated ἀμμ.) is a unit of land measure or qualifier; its exact sense here 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.
[r] † ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου […] Τιβερίου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου[…] Αὐρήλιος Γερόντιος υἱὸς Κωνσταντίνου[…] ἀναδεχόμενοι τὴν γνώμην τοῦ βραχυτάτου […] διὰ παντὸς ταύτῃ τῇ πράσει κινδύνῳ ἡμῶν καὶ […] Ἄνθου τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ Αὐρηλίῳ Εὐδαίμωνι[…] γνώμῃ πεπρακέναι σοι πρὸς …
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