cpr.10.133
[r] † ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶσωτῆρος ἡμῶν, βασιλείας τοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου καὶ φιλανθρώπου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλαουίου Ἡρακλείου τοῦ θεοῦ [… ? lines lost …] [v] [… 6 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9891
Dating formula under Emperor Heraclius TM 9891Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites?610 - 641
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Opening of a Byzantine document, probably a contract, preserving only the invocation of Christ and the regnal dating formula of Emperor Heraclius. It dates to AD 610-641 and comes from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.
In English machine translation
[recto]
† In the name of the Lord and Master Jesus Christ, God and our Saviour, in the reign of our most pious and benevolent master Flavius Heraclius, the God[…]
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[verso]
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Such invocation and regnal formulas usually open legal documents such as contracts, but the body of the text is lost. The phrase "the God[…]" probably continued as "the God-crowned", a standard imperial epithet.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Datierung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.