Sale in advance of delivery to an Alexandrian merchant TM 22155Oxyrhynchos14. Jan. 479

Beginning of a contract from Oxyrhynchus dated 14 January 479, in which two or more villagers from a hamlet of the Oxyrhynchite nome, with a guarantor, acknowledge receiving from Aurelius Epiphanios, an Alexandrian merchant living in Oxyrhynchus, the agreed price for goods to be delivered later. The rest of the text, including what was sold, is lost.

In English machine translation

The opening 'χμγ' (643) is the Christian numerical symbol often read as a cryptogram, commonly placed at the head of documents. In a sale in advance of delivery the buyer pays now and the seller undertakes to deliver goods at a later date.

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 Sale in Advance of Delivery). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.