Fragments of a contract from the Herakleopolite nome dated in the reign of Severus Alexander, apparently a sale or transfer of a share of property. A woman acting with an appointed guardian, a person aged about twenty, a tenth share, a public street and the neighbours of the property are mentioned.
In English machine translation
[Fr1]
[Year …] of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus […], in the term of the priests [in office in Alexandria and the others] recorded in common […]
[…] of the Herakleopolite nome [above Memphis] […]
[…]
[Fr2+3]
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[…] with the guardian who has been appointed […]
[…] registered in […]
[…] (…)-nine […] […]
[…] […]
[…] about twenty years old […]
[…] five (?) […]
[…] lot (?) […]
[…]
[Fr4]
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[…] of Didymos […]
[…] of the amphodarchy (?) […]
[…] tenth part […]
[…] [neighbours as they themselves] declared […]
[…] public street […]
[…] courtyard (?) […]
[…] […]
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The dating formula naming priests in Alexandria belongs to the style of notarial contracts; the emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus is Severus Alexander. 'Amphodarchy' refers to the office or district of a city-quarter official, and its reading here is uncertain.
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.