† ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δ[εσπότου] Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν καὶ τῆς δεσπ[ο]ίνης ἡμῶν τῆς ἁγίας θεοτόκ(ου) καὶ πάντων τ[ῶν] ἁγίων Μεσορὴ̣ ι̣ δ̣ (*) ἰ(νδικτίωνος) ἐν Ἀρ̣(σίνόῃ) (*) 5 Φλ(αουίῳ) Ἰ (*) ὡάννῃ τῷ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτῳ π̣[αγάρχῳ] ταύτης τῆς Ἀρσινοιτῶν πόλεως Αὐρή[λι]ος Ἰωάννης υ (*) ἱὸς Μηνᾶ ἀπὸ κώμης Ἐλευσίνας (*) τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ χ(αίρειν). ὁμολογῶ ἑκουσίᾳ γνώμῃ ἑτοίμως ἔχειν ἕως ἑπτακ[αιδε]κ(άτης) 10 τοῦ ὄντος μηνὸς Μεσορὴ τῆς παρούσ(ης) τετάρτης ἰν(δικτίωνος) ποιῆσαι καὶ ἑτοιμάσαι τὰ ἐπιρι [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ] ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ μου χορίῳ (*) εἰς λόγον τῶν Σαρακηνῶν γονάχιν (*) ἓν καὶ στρώματ[α] τρ[ί]α τῷ μέτρῳ τῶν αὐτῶν Σαρακηνῶν. 15 εἰ δὲ μὴ ταῦτα πράξω τῇ εἰρημένῃ προθ[(εσμίᾳ)], ἐνέχεσθαί με παρασχεῖν τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ μεγαλ(οπρεπείᾳ) οἰκόθεν καὶ ἐξ ἰδίου μου πόρου ὑπὲρ μὲν τοῦ γοναχίο(υ) (*) χρυσοῦ νομίσματ[α] ἓξ καὶ ὑπὲρ ἑκάστου στρώματος χρυσοῦ 20 νομίσματα τρία . κυρία ἡ ὁμολογία καὶ ἐπερ(ωτηθεὶς) [ὡ]μολ(όγησα). † Αὐρήλιος Ἰωάννη[ς] υἱ[ὸς Μηνᾶ] στοιχεῖ μοι πάντα ὡς [π]ρ(όκειται) † † ὁμ(ολογία) γενομ(ένη) ὑπὸ Ἰωάννο[υ υ]ἱο(ῦ) Μηνᾶ εἰς Φλ(άουιον) Ἰωάννην̣ τὸν μεγαλ(ο)π(ρεπέστατον) π[άγαρχον
di emu Iustu ((tachygraphic-marks)) [διʼ] ἐμοῦ Ἰούστ(ου) † ((tachygraphic-marks)) ((tachygraphic-marks))
† In the name of the Lord and Master Jesus Christ our God and Savior and of our Lady the Holy Theotokos and of all the saints, Mesorē 5 Flavius John to the most magnificent governor of this city of Arsinoites Aurelius John son of Mena from the village of Eleusis of the Arsinoite nomos greetings. I willingly confess with my own mind to be ready until the seventeenth of the current month Mesorē on the fourth day to make and prepare the offerings in my own place for the sake of the Saracens, one and three beds according to the measure of the same Saracens. 15 But if I do not do these things as mentioned in the proposal, I shall be liable to provide from my own resources for the sake of the golden coinage six and for each bed three golden coins. The lady's confession and having been asked I confessed. † Aurelius John son of Mena has all things for me as it pertains. † † The confession made by John son of Mena to Flavius John the most magnificent governor.