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Opening of a dated Christian-era document from the Arsinoite nome, issued under Emperor Heraclius on 5 February 612, naming parties including a son of the priest John, Neilammon and Phib son of Anou… . The back preserves only a total of 31 xestai of sour wine.
Oxos, rendered sour wine, was cheap vinegary wine commonly supplied as a ration; the xestes was a small liquid measure. The nature of the main document is lost beyond its dating formula and party names.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Anfang einer datierten Urkunde). 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 τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλαουίου Ἡρακλείου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου ἔτους[…]ὑπατείᾳ τῆς αὐτῶνεὐσεβείας Μεχεὶρ ι δεκάτῃ πε […]-της ἰνδικτίωνος […]τῆς τε Ἀρσινοιτῶν καὶ Θεοδοσιουπολιτῶν πόλεω…
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