Fragments of a contract dividing house property and building plots among family members, including the brothers Orsenouphis the elder and Orsenouphis the younger, sons of Petechon. It gives measurements of the shares, penalty clauses, and consent subscriptions written for illiterate parties, and is dated to year 40 of Augustus (AD 10/11).
In English machine translation
[Fragment 1]
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[…] to a share being […]
[…] to the north 6 1/2 cubits […]
[…] to the north, dividing […]
[…] Orsenouphis the younger, each to […]
[…] Orsenouphis and […]
[…] of the inside of the enclosure (?) […]
[…] Iranouphis […]
[…] Iranouphis […]
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[Fragment 2]
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[…] from the south […]
[…] have received by lot, for the share falling to their father, the aforesaid part of the so-called house and […]
[…] whose measurements are, to the north, 17 1/2 cubits, to the west […]
[…] exit […] have received by lot, for the share falling […] the aforesaid part […]
[…] of the so-called house and […]
[…] of both, Hartaious, and other plots […] have received by lot, for the share falling […] the aforesaid part of the so-called house and […]
[…] in which there is entrance and exit. Let the contracting parties and those acting for them therefore abide by everything set out in this division, and it shall not be permitted to them nor to those acting for them […]
[…] to them in whatever way he wishes […] Whichever of them transgresses any of the aforesaid […]
[…] let the transgressor pay to the party abiding immediately the damages and expenses twofold and a penalty of […] drachmas of silver […]
[…] and the same amount to the public treasury, and none the less this division shall be valid […]
[…] a scar in the middle of the forehead, consents to the aforesaid division […]
[…] of their guardians, Orsenouphis son of Petechon […]
[…] and Orsenouphis the younger, the sons of Petechon […] I, […], wrote on behalf of […]
[…]sios because he does not know letters […]
[…] of the husband of Thenteitoues […]
[…] the division of the house plots and […]
[…] of Orsenouphis the elder, I consent to the aforesaid division […] I, […], wrote on behalf of […] because he does not know letters.
Year 40 of Caesar Augustus, […] 8. Registered in the record office of the village […]
Much of the formulaic wording is restored by the editor from parallel division contracts. The date in year 40 of Augustus falls in AD 10/11.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Contract for a Division of Property). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.