A contract by which seven village elders of the plain of Philopator at Apias sell to the sheep and cattle breeder Apynchis son of Apynchis the grazing rights for sheep on the plain of Psarbatalis for one year. It gives the boundaries of the pasture and includes subscriptions by some of the elders; it was drawn up at Apias in the Arsinoite nome in AD 140.
In English machine translation
Herakleides son of Herakleides, aged 45, scar on the right knee
Eirenaios son of Ptollion, aged 65, without distinguishing marks
Ammonios son of Ammonios, aged 40, without distinguishing marks
Chairemon son of Satyros, aged 55, without distinguishing marks
Chairas son of Maron, aged 40, without distinguishing marks
Ptollas son of Sarapion, aged 40, scar on the left eyebrow
Mousaris son of Zoilos, aged 40, without distinguishing marks
We, the aforementioned elders of the plain of Philopator of Apias, acknowledge that we have sold to Apynchis son of Apynchis, sheep and cattle breeder, the grazing rights for sheep in the plain of Psarbatalis, also called that of Pyrrhos, for one year, summer and winter, from the month Hadrianos of the present 4th year of Antoninus Caesar the lord, whose neighbours are: on the south the lands of the people of Apias, on the north the lands of the people of Herakleia, on the west the canal called that of the Forty Arouras, on the east the canal called that of Ph…as; and they have received the agreed price forthwith from hand to hand out of the house, and they guarantee it with every guarantee.
I, Ammonios son of Ammonios, have sold the aforesaid grazing rights and have received the agreed price and guarantee it as stated above. I, Chairemon son of Satyros, […] the price and guarantee it with every guarantee as stated above. I, Eirenaios son of Ptollion, have sold jointly and […]
Year 4 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Phaophi 3.
The word 'elders' (presbyteroi) is written twice by mistake. Hadrianos was an honorific month name used in Egypt, corresponding to Choiak.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.