Sale of a farmstead at the village of Phainippou TM 22307Herakleopolites222 - 235 (?)

Fragment of a sale contract from the Herakleopolite nome, apparently of the reign of Severus Alexander, in which sellers, including a woman of about 30 from the village of Phainippou, sell a farmstead (epaulis) near Phainippou to Anoubion son of Sarapion of Herakleopolis, aged about 50. The property's neighbours and a price in imperial silver coinage are mentioned.

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The dating formula uses both Macedonian (Loios) and Egyptian (Pauni) months; the emperor is restored as Marcus Aurelius (Severus Alexander). The phrase 'honey-coloured, both' belongs to physical descriptions of the parties, e.g. a scar on the foot.

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