p.ifao.3.10
ν ἐὰν ἐπιφέρω ισταον κυρία ἡ χεὶρ πανταχῇ ἐπιφερομένη καὶ παν- τὶ τῶι ἐπιφέροντι
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 21179
End of a contract with validity clause TM 21179unbekannt9. Nov. 16 v.Chr.
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The end of a contract, written in Greek, with only the closing validity clause surviving, stating that the document is binding wherever it is presented and for whoever presents it. It dates to 9 November 16 BC. The whole surviving text was struck through by the scribe.
In English machine translation
[… 6 lines lost …]
[…] if I produce (it) […]
The document is valid wherever it is produced and for anyone who produces it.
The whole text is enclosed in deletion brackets, meaning it was crossed out, perhaps because the contract was cancelled. 'Kyria hē cheir', literally 'the hand is valid', is the standard formula declaring a handwritten contract legally binding.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fin d’un contrat). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.