Fragment of a document from Panopolis, probably a sale or related transaction recorded through a bank, addressed to the banker Aurelius Zoilos. It mentions a price, a guarantee against future claimants and a death, and is dated under an emperor styled Eutyches Augustus, around AD 217-218.
In English machine translation
[…] […]
[…] street (?) […]
[…] for the price […]
[…] […]
[…] of the one who will lay claim […]
[…] and you […]
[…] […]
[…] […]
[…] died […]
[…] Piy[…]
[…] of Imperator Caesar […]
[…] Iul[…]
[…] from Panopolis, to Aurelius Zoilos, banker, greetings. […]
[…] […]
[…] in the past year […]
[…] you […]
[…] Eutyches Augustus […]
[…] as aforesaid.
The phrase about 'the one who will lay claim' belongs to the standard warranty clause of sales. The banker's name and the place of origin are largely restored.
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.