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Koine Greek

μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου τὸ ϛ καὶ τοῦ μεγαλοπρ(επεστάτου) καὶ ἐνδοξοτάτου μαγίστρ(ου) τῶν θείων ὀ̣φ̣φ(ικίων) Φλ(αυίου) Νόμου, Ἁθὺρ κα, ιε ἰνδ(ικτίονος). Φλαουί (*) ῳ Ταυρίνῳ Πλουσάμμωνος τῷ κ̣[αθο]σ̣[ιω-] μένῳ κεντηναρίῳ [τ]ῶν ἐν τῇ λαμπρ[ο]τ̣άτ̣[ῃ Ἑρ]μ̣ο̣υ̣- πό[λ]ει διακειμένων γενναιοτάτων Μαύρων π(αρὰ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἡρακλείδου Πιβήκιος ἑξῆς ὑπογράφοντος ἀπὸ κώμης Ἄρεως [τ]οῦ Ἑρμουπολίτου νομοῦ. ὁμολογῶ ἑκουσίως κα̣[ὶ] αὐθαιρέτως μεμισθῶσθαι πα[ρὰ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ]ο̣σανο[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ]φοσον̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ ] φ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ ] [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ ] μί(σθωσις) Ἡρακλείδου Πιβήκιο[ς]

Latin

Flauii

Translation into English

After the consulship of our lord Valentinian, the eternal Augustus, the 6th, and of the most magnificent and most glorious magistrate of the divine offices, Flavius Nomas, Athyr, in the 15th indiction. To Flavius Taurinus, son of Plousammōn, the most noble of the most illustrious black men residing in the splendid city of Hermopolis, signed by Aurelius Heracleides Pibikios, from the village of Areos of the Hermopolite nomos. I voluntarily and freely acknowledge that I have been hired for as long as [the unspecified duration].

Extracted Koine Greek Text

μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου τὸ ϛ καὶ τοῦ μεγαλοπρ(επεστάτου) καὶ ἐνδοξοτάτου μαγίστρ(ου) τῶν θείων ὀ̣φ̣φ(ικίων) Φλ(αυίου) Νόμου, Ἁθὺρ κα, ιε ἰνδ(ικτίονος).
Φλαουίῳ Ταυρίνῳ Πλουσάμμωνος τῷ κ̣[αθο]σ̣[ιω]μένῳ κεντηναρίῳ [τ]ῶν ἐν τῇ λαμπρ[ο]τ̣άτ̣[ῃ Ἑρ]μ̣ο̣υ̣πό[λ]ει διακειμένων γενναιοτάτων Μαύρων π(αρὰ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἡρακλείδου Πιβήκιος ἑξῆς ὑπογράφοντος ἀπὸ κώμης Ἄρεως [τ]οῦ Ἑρμουπολίτου νομοῦ.
ὁμολογῶ ἑκουσίως κα̣[ὶ] αὐθαιρέτως μεμισθῶσθαι πα[ρὰ ...]ο̣σανο[...]

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(Latin terms embedded within Greek text):
Αὐγούστου (Augustus), μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου (magnificentissimus), ἐνδοξοτάτου (gloriosissimus), μαγίστρου (magister), ὀφφικίων (officiorum), Φλαουίῳ (Flavio), κεντηναρίῳ (centenario), ἰνδικτίονος (indictionis).

English Translation

After the consulship of our lord Valentinian, the eternal Augustus, for the sixth time, and of the most magnificent and most glorious master of the divine offices, Flavius Nomus, on the 21st of Hathyr, in the 15th indiction.
To Flavius Taurinus, son of Plousammon, the reverend centenarius of the most noble Mauri stationed in the most illustrious city of Hermopolis, from Aurelius Herakleides, son of Pibekis, who signs below, from the village of Ares in the Hermopolite nome.
I voluntarily and freely acknowledge that I have leased from [...]osano[...].

Apparatus

Line 4: φλαουίῳ (corrected from φλαουιω in the papyrus)