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Heading of a contract by Aurelius Apollos son of Phib TM 9894Epoikion Melitonos Borrinu (Arsinoites)

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Opening of a contract drawn up at Arsinoe on 9 Mecheir of a tenth indiction, with an invocation of Christ. The party is Aurelius Apollos son of Phib also called Ionas, from the hamlet of Meliton the Northern in the Arsinoite nome; the body of the agreement is lost.

In English machine translation

[recto] † In the name of the Lord and Master Jesus Christ, our God and Saviour. Mecheir 9, of the tenth indiction, in Arsinoe. Aurelius Apollos son of Phib also called Ionas, from the hamlet of Meliton the Northern, of the Arsinoite nome […] [… ? lines lost …] [verso] † Apollos […]

The invocation formula points to the Byzantine period, probably the 6th-7th century AD. An epoikion was a small rural hamlet or estate settlement.

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

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Epoikion Melitonos Borrinu (Arsinoites)

[r] † ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν. Μεχεὶρ θ δεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος, ἐν Ἀρσινόῃ. Αὐρήλιος Ἀπολλῶς υἱὸς Φῖβ τοῦ καὶ Ἰωνᾶ ἀπὸ ἐποικίου Μελίτωνος Βορρινοῦ τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] † Ἀπολλῶς […]