A contract of sale from Antinoopolis in which Alexandros son of Isidoros sells to Cornelius for 600 silver drachmas a half share of a two-storey house with cellar, courtyard and fixtures, which he had himself acquired earlier that month from the heirs of Chairemon. It includes the house's location and neighbours, a warranty clause, and the signed declarations of seller and buyer.
In English machine translation
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[…] […]polis(?) […]
[…] registered […]
[…] Athenaieus also called Erichthonios, that Alexandros son of Isidoros son of Alexandros, of the Matidian tribe and the Kallitekneian deme, has sold
[…] Alexandros to Cornelius from now for all time
the half share belonging to him by right of a cession made
to him in the current month of Pharmouthi of the present year
by bank order of the same bank from the children of the deceased Chairemon son of Ammonios, of the Sebasteian tribe and the Herakleian deme, namely a half share of a two-storey house with cellar and
courtyard and fixtures and all appurtenances in the 4th grammata,
7th plinthion of Antinoopolis; the neighbours of the whole house: to the south a public lane
through which are the entrance and exit, to the north the property of Tithoetion and others, to the east of Cornelius and others, to the west another three-storey house of the seller, or whoever the neighbours may be on all sides;
and that the seller has received from the buyer the
price agreed between them of
600 silver drachmas, total 600 silver drachmas; that therefore the buyer Cornelius shall own and possess the half share of the house
and courtyard and all fixtures, and manage and dispose
of it as they choose without hindrance, the guarantee
resting permanently in every respect upon the seller Alexandros and his successors, and that he will at once repel at his own expense anyone who comes forward against it in any way whatsoever, or else pay
to the buyer and his successors double the price and
the same amount to the treasury, plus damages and expenses,
the sale nonetheless remaining valid.
I, Alexandros son of Isidoros, of the Matidian tribe and Kallitekneian deme, have sold to Cornelius the half share belonging
to me of the aforementioned two-storey house and courtyard
and all fixtures, and have received the price of 600 silver drachmas, and I will guarantee it with every guarantee
as stated above. I, Cornelius, have bought as stated above.
Antinoopolis citizens were registered by tribe and deme (here Matidian/Kallitekneian and Sebasteian/Herakleian); the city's quarters were designated by grammata (letters) and plinthia (blocks). The opening lines, apparently a bank registration heading, are badly damaged.
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.