Copy of the subscription to a sale in which Taaous, with her husband Kronion as guardian, sells to Potamon son of Onnophris her inherited fifth share of a three-storey house and courtyard, excluding two storerooms owned by others. Physical descriptions of the parties head the text. It comes from Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome, 1st century AD.
In English machine translation
Sheet 48 […] 17
Void (?)
Taaous, about 28 years old, scar on the wrist of the right hand, straight-haired.
Kronion, about 30 years old, scar in the middle of the forehead.
Potamon, about 56 years old, scar on the right forearm.
Subscriber: Orseus, about 30 years old, scar on the right temple.
Are[…], 22 years old, scar on the bend of the left arm and above the right eyebrow.
[…]
I, Taaous daughter of Harobroous, with my guardian, my husband Kronion son of Papontos, acknowledge that I have sold to Potamon son of Onnophris the fifth share, inherited from my father, that belongs to me of a three-storey house and courtyard, except for [one] room in the house, in which there is a storeroom above the gateway, which belongs to Papontos son of Maron, and the ground-floor storeroom inside the gateway, which belongs to Orseus son of Bryon; but as regards the aforesaid fifth share, apart from these, held in common and undivided with the same Potamon. The neighbours of the whole house and courtyard: on the south, the house and courtyard of the sons of Kronion son of A[…]alis; on the north, the house and courtyard of Orsenouphis son of Belphis; on the west, the house of the aforementioned Kronion and his partners; on the east, the royal street. And I have received from Potamon the whole agreed price in full, immediately, from hand to hand out of the house, and I will guarantee the sale with every guarantee against public and private claims and every interference for all time, as stated above. Orseus son of Orses wrote on their behalf because they do not know letters.
The heading note, read as 'void', seems to mark this contract or copy as cancelled. The 'subscriber' (hypographeus) is the person who wrote for the illiterate parties.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sale of Part of a House and Courtyard). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.