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Instruction from Theon son of Sarapion to the agoranomos (notary official) at Oxyrhynchus to register a sale to Nikaia daughter of Simon, a Jewish woman of the city, of a sixth share of a house with its fittings in the Jewish quarter. The text breaks off while naming the seller; it dates to about AD 85.
The agoranomos was the official who drew up and registered contracts; such orders authorized the registration of a sale. The text attests a Jewish quarter (amphodon) at Oxyrhynchus; the word rendered 'courtyard' is an uncertain abbreviation.
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.
Θέων Σαραπίωνος τῶι ἀγορανόμωι χαίρειν. κατάγραψον ὠνὴν Νικαίᾳ Σίμωνος …ουβιου τῶν ἀπ’ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως Ἰουδαίων ἕκτου μέρους οἰκίας καὶ τῶν ταύτης χρηστηρίων πάντων βίκου ἑνὸς α ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖον ἢ ἔλαττον ὄντων ἐν Ὀξυρύγχων πόλει ἐπ’ ἀμφόδου Ἰουδαϊκῆς οὗ ἐπρίατο παρὰ τοῦ τοῦ α[…] ……
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