A deed of sale of a slave from Antinoopolis, AD 330. Claudius Theon Timagenes, acting with a guarantor, sells to Flavius Sanctus also called Magnillius a slave he had earlier bought, for 250 myriads of denarii, with the standard guarantee clauses.
In English machine translation
In the consulship of Flavius Gallicanus and Symmachus, the most illustrious.
Claudius Theon Timagenes On[…] (of?) Sarapis, of the most illustrious […] signing below, with a guarantor, fideiussor and mandator, who also stands surety for me, and […] and all the various clauses written in […] councillor, former magistrate of the city of the Antinoites, of the tribe Paulinia […], to Flavius Sanctus also called Magnillius, of the most illustrious city of the Antinoites […]. I acknowledge that I have sold and conveyed to you for all time the […] belonging to me and purchased by me […], with authority given to me by my daughter Eutropia also called Sarapias, who departed this life in my lifetime, in every way, in accordance with the sale made to me by deed of security in the consulship of Paulinus and Julianus, month Pauni 27, by Aurelius Eusebius also called […] of Isidoros son of […] through his father […] of the aforementioned […]
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under the hair behind […] which […] and […] for the price agreed between us of 250 myriads of denarii […], which I the seller have received from you on the spot, the aforementioned Sanctus also called Magnillius […], so that from now on you shall possess and own the slave sold to you […], and those who receive it from you, being masters, using, managing, administering and doing whatever you choose concerning him without hindrance, I the seller and my aforementioned guarantor, fideiussor and mandator and our successors guaranteeing it with every guarantee against anyone who shall come forward or lay claim, or else we shall pay to you the purchaser or to your successors the aforementioned price twice over, and an equal sum to the public treasury, and the damages and expenses double, and none the less this sale shall be valid and secure, which I have issued to you in duplicate for […]
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The phrase 'under the hair behind' probably belongs to a description of the slave's identifying marks. The slave earlier bought in the consulship of Paulinus and Julianus (AD 325) seems tied to the seller's deceased daughter Eutropia.
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.