End of a contract with execution clause and witness signatures TM 24964Oxyrhynchosfrühes I

The end of a contract from Oxyrhynchus in the early first century AD, in which two parties jointly guarantee the other party's right of execution against themselves and their property. A scribe wrote on their behalf because they were illiterate, and two witnesses signed.

In English machine translation

The phrase 'as if by a court judgment' is a standard formula giving the creditor the right to seize property without a lawsuit. The nature of the underlying transaction is lost.

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