Sale of the slave woman Alexandra TM 15490Oxyrhynchos (Oxyrhynchites, Ägypten)218 - 228

Fragment of a contract for the sale of a slave woman named Alexandra, about 22 years old, involving a man from Oxyrhynchus aged about 48. The seller had acquired her through the record office in the Small Oasis in the 14th year of Severus and Caracalla (AD 205/6), and the price was paid in silver drachmas. Dated by both Macedonian and Egyptian months, AD 218-228.

In English machine translation

Only the middle of each line survives; the double dating (Xandikos and Mecheir) is typical of slave sales drawn up in Roman style. The Small Oasis is Bahariya, where the slave was earlier registered.

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