Sale of grain land at Krokodilopolis before the agoranomos TM 17Krokodilopolis (Pathyrites)9. Juni 99 v.Chr.

In the reign of Ptolemy surnamed Alexander and Berenike his sister, the gods Philometores, in the fifteenth year, in the time of the priests and priestesses and the kanephoros in office, on Pachon 26, at Krokodilopolis, before Paniskos, agoranomos of the upper toparchy of the Pathyrite nome. Nechoutes son of Sekous, Persian of the epigone, about 72 years old, of medium height, dark-skinned, with straight hair, long-faced, straight-nosed, weak of sight, has sold, out of the 21 arouras of dry grain-bearing land belonging to him in the upper plain of Krokodilopolis, in the irrigation area (?) of So, 5 1/4 arouras, measuring from south to north 1 1/4 schoinia and from east to west 603 schoinia. Neighbours: on the south, land of Hermias son of S[…]; on the north, land of Schotes son of Tryphon; on the east, the rest of the land; on the west, the road leading to the Kroneion; or whoever the neighbours may be on every side. Horos son of Nechoutes, Persian of the epigone, of those from Pathyris, about 50 years old, of medium height, honey-coloured, with straight hair, bald at the forehead, long-faced, straight-nosed, with the left ear pierced, bought it for 5 talents of bronze. Pre-seller and guarantor of everything concerning this sale: Nechoutes the seller, whom Horos the buyer accepted. I, Paniskos, have registered it.