Sale of a house registered at the record office of Tali and Theogonis TM 15170either Talei or Theogonis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIst century A.D.

Fragment of a copy of a contract for the sale of a house, registered at the record office of Tali and Theogonis in the Polemon division of the Arsinoite nome in the 1st century AD. Four children of Nikaios appear to sell a house with courtyard, giving its measurements and neighbours, promising to guarantee it against claims, with penalties to the buyer and the treasury.

In English machine translation

Only the right-hand part of the lines survives, so the sequence of clauses is broken. The closing phrase indicates the sellers were illiterate and someone wrote for them.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sale of Household Property). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.