† βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβ̣εσ̣τάτ̣ο̣υ ἡμῶ[ν] δεσπότ̣ου Φλ(αουίου) Ἰουσ̣τ[ινια]νοῦ τ[ο]ῦ αἰω[ν]είου καὶ αὐτ[οκρ]άτορο[ς Α]ὐγ[ούσ]του ἔτους ὀκ[τω]καιδ[ε]κάτου μ̣[ετὰ τ]ὴ[ν] ὑ̣π̣(ατείαν) Φλ(αουίου) [Βα]σι[λείου το]ῦ ἐν[δοξοτ(άτου)], π̣ρ̣ὸ δεκαὲξ καλανδῶν Σεπτεμβρίων ἔτους̣ τῆς ἐπ[α]ρχείας τε̣τ̣ρ̣ακοσιο[σ]τοῦ τρ[ι]ακοστοῦ ἐνάτο̣υ, μηνὸς̣ Λῴου εἰκ[ο]στῇ ἐν̣άτῃ, χ[ρόν]ω̣ν̣ ἑ̣βδόμης ἰ(*). [ν]δ(ικτίωνος), [ἐ]ν̣ Αὐγου[σ]τοκ̣ο̣[λω]ν̣είᾳ Ἀντονιανῇ ἐπε̣ι̣σήμῳ ἐν̣γεν̣εῖ μητρὶ κολονιῶν Ἁδρι̣ανῇ Πέτρᾳ μητροπόλει τῆ̣ς Τ[ρ]ίττης Παλαιστείνης Σαλ[ο]υταρίας. Φλ(άουιος) Δουσάρ[ι]ος Ο̣ὐ̣ά̣λεντο̣ς ἀ̣[π]ὸ πραιφέκτω̣ν̣ Κάστρου Αμ̣μαθων ὁρμώμενος ἐκ τῆ[σδ]ε τῆς μη̣τ̣ρ̣οπόλεως σοὶ τῷ εὐδοκιμω̣τ̣(άτῳ) Ἀλφε̣ίῳ Οὐάλεντος δημοσίῳ χαρτ[ο]φύλακει (*). ἐ̣π̣ί̣πε[ρ] (*). κατὰ ἔγ̣γραφον ἐγχώρησειν (*). 5 ε̣[̣ ̣ ̣]ρη[̣]σ̣α̣[̣ ̣ ̣]ε ̣ ̣ ̣[̣ ̣]ε̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣[ - ca.6 - ] ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ ̣ ̣[ ̣] τ[ῷ] ε[ὐ]δοκιμωτ(άτῳ) Θεοδώρῳ̣ Ὀβοδιανοῦ ̣[ ̣]θ ̣[ ̣] ̣ ἐν̣η̣[̣ ̣]ης δ̣[ι]αφερο[ύσ]ης ἐ̣[μο]ὶ̣ [ ̣ ̣] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣
† βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλ(αουίου) Ἰουστινιανοῦ τοῦ αἰωνίου καὶ αὐτοκράτορος Αὐγούστου ἔτους ὀκτωκαιδεκάτου μ[ετὰ τ]ὴ[ν] ὑπ(ατείαν) Φλ(αουίου) [Βα]σι[λείου το]ῦ ἐν[δοξοτ(άτου)], πρὸ δεκαὲξ καλανδῶν Σεπτεμβρίων ἔτους τῆς ἐπ[α]ρχείας τετρακοσιοστοῦ τριακοστοῦ ἐνάτου, μηνὸς Λῴου εἰκοστῇ ἐνάτῃ, χρόνων ἑβδόμης ἰνδ(ικτίωνος), ἐν Αὐγουστοκολωνείᾳ Ἀντωνιανῇ ἐπισήμῳ ἐνγενεῖ μητρὶ κολονιῶν Ἁδριανῇ Πέτρᾳ μητροπόλει τῆς Τρίτης Παλαιστίνης Σαλουταρίας.
Φλ(άουιος) Δουσάριος Οὐάλεντος ἀπὸ πραιφέκτων Κάστρου Αμμαθων ὁρμώμενος ἐκ τῆσδε τῆς μητροπόλεως σοὶ τῷ εὐδοκιμωτ(άτῳ) Ἀλφείῳ Οὐάλεντος δημοσίῳ χαρτοφύλακι χα(ίρειν). ἐπείπερ κατὰ ἔγγραφον ἐκχώρησιν...
...ἀρουμένων ἓξ πλείω ἢ ἐλάσσω, τυγχανούσης ἔξ(ωθεν) Υναυ ελ-Θαις τοῦ ἀοικήτου ἐποικείου, λεγομένης Ερακ καὶ Μαλ ελ-Κουεσιρ ἤτοι Σεργ Νοφφα διακειμένης ἐν τῷ δυσμιαίῳ κλίματι Ζαδακαθων τοῦ κάστρου, γῆς πάσης μετὰ παντὸς αὐτῆς δικαίου καὶ ὅσου ἔστιν μέτρου γῆς, παραδοὺς αὐτῷ ἐντεῦθεν ἤδη τὴν ταύτης νομήν, καὶ εἰκότως ἐδέησεν τὸν αὐτὸν εὐδοκιμώτ(ατον) Θεόδωρον τὴν ὑπὲρ τῆς αὐτῆς τοποθεσίας συντέλειαν βαρηθῆναι, ἐπὶ νομῆς καὶ δεσποτείας ταύτης καθεστῶτα κατὰ τὰ μεταξὺ μοῦ καὶ αὐτοῦ συνδεδογμένα...
...τοῦτο τὸ ἐπίσταλμα γεγένηται, ἐν ᾧ κἀγὼ καθυπέγραψα. Φλ(άουιος) Δουσάριος Οὐάλεντος ὁ προγεγραμμένος ἐπέστειλα κουφισθῆναί με τῆς ἐπιγεγραμμένης μοι ὑπὲρ τῆς προκειμένης τοποθεσίας λεγομένης τό(πος) Ερακ ελ-Κου αλ-Θιρ ἤτοι Σοργ Λοφφα...
Φλ(άουιος) Θεόδωρος Ὀβοδιανοῦ ὁ προγεγραμμένος ἐπέστειλα βαρηθῆναί με...
† In the reign of our most divine and most pious lord Flavius Justinian, the eternal and emperor Augustus, in the eighteenth year after the consulship of the most illustrious Flavius Basilius, sixteen days before the Kalends of September, in the 439th year of the province, on the twenty-ninth day of the month Loios, in the seventh year of the indiction, in Augustocolonia Antoniana, the distinguished ancestral mother of colonies, Hadriana Petra, metropolis of Third Palestine Salutaris.
Flavius Dusarius Valens, from the prefects of the fortress Ammathon, originating from this metropolis, to you, the most honorable Alpheios Valens, public archivist, greetings. Since according to the written concession...
...six arourae more or less, located outside Ynau el-Thais, of the uninhabited settlement called Erak and Mal el-Kuesir, also known as Serg Noffa, situated in the western region of Zadakathon fortress, all the land with all its rights and whatever measure of land there is, having already handed over to him henceforth the possession thereof, and rightly it was necessary for the same most honorable Theodore to bear the tax for the said location, being established in possession and lordship thereof according to the agreements made between me and him...
...this letter has been made, in which I also have subscribed. Flavius Dusarius Valens, the aforementioned, I have written requesting to be relieved of the tax assigned to me for the aforementioned location called the place Erak el-Kou al-Thir, also known as Sorg Loffa...
Flavius Theodorus, son of Obodianus, the aforementioned, I have written requesting that I bear the tax...