Duplicate copy of a deed of sale from Panopolis in which Aurelius Hierax alias Eustephios, an Alexandrian councillor acting through his father Aurelius Eudaimon, sells a share of a house and one aroura of planted land in the plain of Marion to a woman (Aurelia Artemidora) for 2 talents of silver. Written in March/April 281.
In English machine translation
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[the neighbours] are shown by the deeds concerning it; and likewise in [the same city one aroura] in the plain of Marion, to the west of the daughter of Dioskoros son of Kalykas, purchased by me [as] dry land and planted at my own expense, whose neighbours too are shown by the deeds concerning it. The aforesaid I acquired by right of prior purchase in year [5] of Probus Augustus, Pachon 3, from Aurelius Philapollon son of Philapollon, through Aurelius Didymos in most splendid Alexandria, through Aurelius Isidoros, public notary. I have sold to you by purchase and sale, for the price agreed with you for both, 2 talents of silver in Ptolemaic coinage, which I have received from you through me, the aforesaid father Aurelius Eudaimon, in full from hand to hand, so that from now on you may own them, possess them and manage them as you choose, collecting the revenues and paying the public dues; and I will guarantee them to you with every guarantee at all times against every claimant. This deed of sale, written in duplicate in my own hand, I have issued to you, and let it be valid and secure as if registered in a public office, and whenever you wish I will submit it for you for public registration; and having been asked whether this has been done thus rightly and properly, I have assented.
Year 6 of our lord Probus Augustus, Pharmouthi.
I, Aurelius Hierax alias Eustephios, councillor of the most splendid city of the Alexandrians, through me, Aurelius Eudaimon son of Serenus, councillor of the same city, have sold the aforesaid share of a house, and one aroura, and have received the price, 2 talents of silver […] these, and I have been asked as stated above.
The beginning, with the parties and the description of the house share, is lost; the buyer's name comes from the descriptive record. The text says the share is a 'thirteenth' part, while the object description speaks of four thirtieths.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sale of House and Land). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.