End of a private contract of sale in which Sarapammon, also called Phileas, sells a vacant open building plot for 12,800 drachmas, guaranteeing the buyer's ownership and allowing public registration of the deed. It was written at Oxyrhynchus in June 290.
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[…] agreed between us [as the price of the aforementioned] vacant open plot, 12,800 drachmas of silver of the Augusti [coinage], which [I received from you] on the spot [directly] from hand to hand in full. You shall therefore own [and possess, with your descendants] and those who will succeed you, [the aforementioned vacant] open plot, and have power [to use and manage] it as you choose, and I shall not [proceed against] it or against any part of it, nor shall anyone else […] [on my behalf], in any way, but I shall of necessity [guarantee it to you] secure and free from my [name] alone and from anyone [who may proceed against you] in my name, [because] you are content with the [guarantee given] to me by the [former owner (?) on the terms] written therein, in full. [The sale], written […], is valid, and you shall [register it publicly through the record office] whenever you choose, without requiring my participation, [because I hereby] consent to the future public registration. [Concerning these things being done] rightly and properly, I was asked the formal question and agreed.
Year 6 of Imperator Caesar Gaius [Aurelius Valerius] Diocletianus and year 5 of Imperator [Caesar Marcus Aurelius] Valerius Maximianus Germanici [Maximi, Pii, Felices] Augusti, Pauni 26.
⟦[Sa]rapammon also called Phileas, I have sold […]⟧
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The beginning with the parties and description of the plot is lost; the seller's subscription was struck through by the scribe. Registration (demosiosis) refers to depositing a private deed in the public archive to give it official force.
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 Building - 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.