Fragment of a contract concerning a mortgage on land and date palms TM 17761Panopolis184 - 185

Fragment of a legal document from Panopolis in the reign of Commodus, apparently concerning a mortgage to one Alexander alias D[…] securing a capital of 2,400 silver drachmas. It mentions fractional shares of arouras of land, bare plots, 150 date palms, a woman requesting a further deadline, and a release from obligations.

In English machine translation

Only the middle of each line survives, so the exact transaction (perhaps a release or settlement of a mortgage) is uncertain. The word restored as periylysis may refer to a discharge of the debt or property.

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