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Fragment of a sale to Aurelius Ploution TM 21987Oxyrhynchos31. Juli 224

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Opening of a sale contract drawn up before the officials of the record office (agoranomeion) at Oxyrhynchus in AD 224. The buyer is Aurelius Ploution son of Zoilos; the seller and the object of sale are lost.

In English machine translation

Year 3 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, Hyperberetaios 7, which is the month Kaisarios 7, in the city of Oxyrhynchus, before Aurelius Theon and his colleague, who are in charge of the sales registry of the agoranomeion. Aurelius Ploution, son of Zoilos, his mother being Tech[…], from the city of Oxyrhynchus, aged about […] bought […] Demetri[…] […]

The date is given in both the Macedonian calendar (Hyperberetaios) and the Egyptian one (Kaisarios, i.e. Mesore). The agoranomeion was the public notarial office where contracts were registered.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a Sale). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 31. Juli 224 · Oxyrhynchos

ἔτους γ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀλεξάνδρου Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ Ὑπερβερεταίου ζ μηνὸς Καισαρίου ζ ἐν Ὀξυρύγχων πόλει ἐπὶ Αὐρηλίου Θέωνος καὶ τοῦ σὺν αὐτῷ ἀσχολουμένων ὠνὴν ἀγορανομείου. ἐπρίατο Αὐρήλιος Πλουτίων Ζωίλου μητρὸς Τεχ[…]… ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλ…