ἐν ὀνόματι τῆς ἁγίας καὶ ὁμοουσίου τριάδος
καὶ τῆς δεσποίν(ης) ἡμῶν τῆς θεοτόκ(ου)
καὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων βασιλείας τοῦ εὐσεβ(εστάτου)
ἡμῶν δεσπό(του) Φλ(αουίου) Φωκᾶ τοῦ αἰων(ίου) Αὐγούστου
ἔτους τρίτου μετὰ τὴν ὑπατίαν
τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους δευτέρου
Παῦνι ιγ τέλει ὀγδόης
ν(δικτίωνος) ἐν Ἀρ(σινόῃ).
Αὐρήλιος Μηνᾶς υἱὸς Ἠλία ἐ[ν]οι-
κιολ[ό]γος οὐσίας Θεοδοσακίου τοῦ ἐνδοξο-
τάτου στρατηλάτου ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀρσινοι’τῶν πό-
λεως ἀπὸ ἀμφόδου Κατωτέρου Αὐρηλίῳ
Κυρικῷ χοιρομαγείρῳ υἱῷ Μηνᾶ ἀπὸ [τῆς] αὐ-
τῆς πόλεως χ(αίρειν). ὁμολογῶ ἑκουσίᾳ γνώμῃ συν-
τεθεῖσθαί με πρὸς σὲ ὡς εἰ οἵῳ δήποτε
καιρῷ ζητήσω ἀποβαλέσθαι σε ἐκ τοῦ
ὑπὸ σὲ μενήματος διαφέροντος Θεοδο-
σακίῳ τῷ ἐνδοξοτάτῳ στρατηλάτῃ
μὴ βουλο[μένου σου ἐ]ξελθεῖν ἐξ αὐτοῦ
ἐπὶ τῷ με παρασχεῖν \σοι/ τὰ ἀναλωθέντα
παρὰ σοῦ εἰς τὸ κτίσμα τῆς ἐκεῖσε
ἐπαύλεως, εἰ δὲ ἀφʼ ἧς εσεαυτοῦ
ἐθελή-
σῃς ἀναχωρῆσαι ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ τόπου
μηδέν σε λαβεῖν ὑπὲρ τῶν αὐτῶν
ἀναλωμάτων τῶν γεναμένων παρὰ
σοῦ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ ἐπαύλει. [κ]υρία ἡ ὁμολο-
γία καὶ ἐπερ(ωτηθεὶς) ὡμ(ολόγησα).
Μηνᾶς ἐνοικι-
ολόγος ὁ προκ(είμενος)·
ὁμ(ολογία) γενομ(ένη) ὑπὸ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Μηνᾶ ἐνοικιο-
λόγο(υ) υἱοῦ Ἠλία εἰς Αὐρ(ήλιον) Κυρικὸν
χοιρομάγειρον.
Apparatus
In the name of the holy and consubstantial Trinity
and of our Lady, the Mother of God
and of all the saints of the most pious
our Lord Flavius Fokas, the eternal Augustus
in the third year after the consulate
of the same year, the second
Pauni, on the eighth day
of the month of Diktions in Arsinoe.
Aurelius Mena son of Elias, a resident
of the estate of Theodosius, the most glorious
general from the city of Arsinoe, from the
lower amphora, Aurelius Kyricus, a pork cook, son of Mena, from the same city, greetings.
I confess voluntarily that I have agreed with you that if at any time
I should seek to be removed from the
residence under you, differing from Theodosius, the most glorious general,
not wishing you to leave it, to provide me with the expenses
incurred by you for the construction of the estate there, if you wish to withdraw
from the same place, you shall receive nothing for the same
expenses incurred by you in the same estate.
My Lord, I have confessed and I have been asked.
Mena, the resident, who is present:
the confession as it is stated.
Elias John
wrote on his behalf.
Confession made by Aurelius Mena, resident, son of Elias, to Aurelius Kyricus, the pork cook.