A sale contract drawn up before the agoranomos Heliodoros at Pathyris around 112 BC. The siblings Sales and Tanemieus, children of Patseous, sell their share of a house with courtyard in western Pathyris to the woman Namosesis daughter of Spemminis for 2 talents of bronze. A short summary of the sale precedes the full dated contract.
In English machine translation
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Tanemieus and Sales, siblings, sold the house belonging to them, built, fitted with doors and roofed, and the adjoining courtyard. Namosesis daughter of Spemminis bought it for 2 talents of bronze.
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In the reign of Kleopatra and King Ptolemy, gods Philometores Soteres, year 11, in the time of the priest of King Ptolemy god Philometor Soter Alexander and of the gods Soteres and the gods Adelphoi and the gods Euergetai and the gods Philopatores and the gods Epiphaneis and the god Eupator and the god Philometor ⟨and the god Philopator⟩ Neos and the god Euergetes and the gods Philometores Soteres, of the sacred colt-bearer of Isis, very great goddess, mother of the gods, of the prize-bearer of Berenike Euergetis, of the basket-bearer of Arsinoe Philadelphos, of the priestess of Arsinoe Philopator, those being in Alexandria, and in Ptolemais of the Thebaid in the time of the priests and priestesses and basket-bearer being in Ptolemais, on Phaophi 5, at Pathyris, before Heliodoros the agoranomos. Sales son of Patseous, Persian of the descent, about 18 years old, honey-coloured, straight-haired, long-faced, straight-nosed, and Tanemieus daughter of Patseous, Persian, about 25 years old, of medium height, honey-coloured, long-faced, straight-nosed, with as guardian for both Paamenis son of Psennesis, Persian of the descent, about 30 years old, of medium height,
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honey-coloured, slightly curly-haired (?), round-faced, straight-nosed, sold the share falling to them of a house, built and roofed and fitted with doors, and of the adjoining courtyard, which is in the western part of Pathyris; neighbours: to the south the house of Petosiris the priest and of Nechoutes his brother, to the north the house of Patous son of Herieus, to the east the house of Pates son of Pelaias, to the west the house of Paous son of Pelaias, or whoever the neighbours may be on all sides.
Namosesis daughter of Spemminis, Persian, about 30 years old, of medium height, dark-skinned, straight-nosed, bought it for two talents of bronze. Pre-sellers and guarantors of everything in this sale: Sales and Tanemieus, the sellers, whom Nemesesis the buyer accepted.
I, Heliodoros, have registered it.
"Persian of the descent" is a legal status label of Ptolemaic Egypt, not an ethnic description. The buyer's name appears as both Namosesis and Nemesesis.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Kaufvertrag). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.