A fragmentary ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, apparently a copy or draft of a private legal document. It mentions 1,000 silver drachmas, shares ("five parts") of property, a mother, a vineyard plot with its western boundary, a place called Magdola, and the name or word Alexandr[…].
In English machine translation
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[…] for her (?) according to this […]
[…] 1,000 drachmas of silver […]
[…] […] five parts […]
[…] to his mother […]
[…] for the remaining part […]
[…] Magdola […]
[…] to the west of the parts […]
[…] of a vineyard plot in which […]
[…] if there are any, and in the village […]
[…] Alexandr[…]
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The exact type of transaction (sale, division or settlement) cannot be determined; the text looks like a Nile Valley property deed copied at a desert fort. Magdola is a common village name and may not be identifiable.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Actes de droit privé). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.