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Fragmentary extracts or abstracts of contracts in two columns, mentioning a house, a double contract, a purchase made on Thoth 15 by or involving Herakleia also called Ka[…], and a plot of 7 1/2 arouras with 10 artabas of wheat. It dates to the end of the 2nd century AD.
A "double contract" (diple syngraphe) was a contract written twice on the same sheet, one copy sealed for security. Most of each entry 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 Extraits de contrats). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[1] […]β[…]δ […]ν… Διονυσίου […]τοῦ καὶ Ἀλθαιέως […]… διὰ […]τῆςπροκειμένης οἰκίας […] ἐπʼ ἀλλη… […]οἰκίας κατὰ διπλῆν συγγραφὴν[…] εως π…ει τῶν [2] β[…] […] Ἀλεξανδρέως […] Ἡράκλεια ἡ καὶ Κα[…] Θὼθ ιε ἠγόρακε[…] ἀρούρας ζ 𐅵 … πυροῦ ἀρτάβας ι δραχμὰς β[…] […] η…του…κατα[…] Διοδώρ…
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