A notarial contract of sale drawn up at Pathyris before the agoranomos Heliodoros, with a short summary at the top. Ones son of Katytis sells 1 1/8 arouras of land from a 10-aroura plot in the plain of Krokodilopolis to Ision son of Patês for 3,000 copper drachmas, in October 114 BC.
In English machine translation
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Year 4, Thoth 21. Ones son of Katytis sold 1 1/8 arouras out of 10 arouras in the plain of Krokodilopolis. Ision son of Patês bought it for 3,000 copper drachmas.
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In the reign of Queen Cleopatra and King Ptolemy, gods Philometores Soteres, year 4, in the time of the priests of King Ptolemy, god Philometor Soter, of Alexander and the gods Soteres and the gods Adelphoi and the gods Euergetai and the gods Philopatores and the gods Epiphaneis and the god Eupator and the god Philometor and the god Philopator Neos and the god Euergetes and the gods Philometores Soteres, the sacred colt of Isis, great mother of the gods, the athlophoros of Berenike Euergetis, the kanephoros of Arsinoe Philadelphos, the priestess of Arsinoe Philopator, those being in Alexandria; and in Ptolemais of the Thebaid, in the time of the priests and priestesses and the kanephoros being in Ptolemais of the Thebaid; in the month Thoth 21, at Pathyris, before Heliodoros the agoranomos.
Ones son of Katytis, Persian of the epigone, about 40 years old, of medium height, honey-coloured complexion, […] somewhat bald, long-faced, straight-nosed, with a scar on the forehead, sold a fourth share […]
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The queen's name is not written in the text; the reigning queen was Cleopatra III with Ptolemy IX Soter II. 'Persian of the epigone' was a legal-status designation, not an ethnic one; the summary's fraction may be read differently by some (1 1/8 arouras as 'α η').
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.