A contract in which Aurelius Euangelos of the village of Teis in the Oxyrhynchite nome sells the standing flax crop of one aroura to Aurelius Leonides, son of Theon, of Oxyrhynchus, at an agreed price in coin. The seller's subscription records receipt of 7 talents and more. It is dated by the consulship of Constantine and Licinius, probably AD 312.
In English machine translation
In the consulship of our masters Constantine and Licinius Augusti for the [...] time [...]
Aurelius Euangelos [...] from the village of Teis in the 8th (?) [pagus of the Oxyrhynchite nome], to Aurelius Leonides son of Theon, from the glorious and most glorious city of the Oxyrhynchites, greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you forthwith [...] the crop of flax [...] of the ninth and [...] in partnership of myself and [...] at the price agreed between us [...] [...] of the Augusti, of coin [...] which [...] concerning which payment [...] on condition that [...] [...] [...] for his own [...], paying [...] the public taxes and supplementary levies [and apportionments of the present] year and all kinds of [...] written, and having been asked the formal question I acknowledged. [...]
I, Aurelius Euangelos, [have sold the crop of] 1 aroura of flax and have received [...] 7 talents and [...]
[...] taxes [...]
The text sells the crop in advance, not the land itself. The consulship number is lost, so the date is uncertain.
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 Flax). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.