Fragment of a contract, probably a sale of house property at Panopolis, giving the boundaries of the property, a price in silver drachmas paid partly at once and partly later, and the seller's guarantee clauses. It dates to AD 217-218.
In English machine translation
[…] whose neighbours: on the south […]
[…] on the west, an entrance […]
[…] of the houses […]
[…] of silver, four […] drachmas
[…] eighty, in the present […]
[…] in Panopolis, and the remaining silver drachmas […]
[…] in Panopolis, the right of prior execution being reserved […]
[…] of them, with every guarantee against every […]
[…] at all times, of necessity […]
Protopraxia is the creditor's right to be paid before other claimants, here protecting the outstanding balance of the price.
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.