A notarial contract recording the sale by Sabinus to a woman, probably named Zois, of his inherited third share of a small house and courtyard, with guarantees against debts and claims. It was registered at the record office of Berenikis Aigialou in the Arsinoite nome in the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] of the Emperor […] 18, at Berenikis Aigialou.
Sabinus […] acknowledges […]
[… 1 line lost …]
[…] for all time […] the paternal third […] and small courtyard in […]
[…] to Zois […]
and small courtyard […] wall and windows (?)
[…] of the small house and small courtyard […] of the other third part
[…] Phamenoth […]
[…]
[…] of the third part sold of the small house and small courtyard […] 100 drachmas […] through the bank at […]
[and that] Sabinus and those acting for him [will guarantee] […] from her the sold paternal third part of the small house […]
[which he will also furnish] unmortgaged and free from every public debt up to the present day, and from […]
[up to another descriptive] census return, and from [private debts] and every claim for all time, with no one hindering […] Didym[…]
[…]
[…] immediately the price which he has received […] and the dues and expenses […] 170 drachmas
and of the aforesaid. And whenever she wishes, she shall register the part […] through the property record office of the small house and small courtyard from a copy of [this] agreement, without needing the presence or consent of Sabinus or any other document.
[…] from now for all time the paternal third part belonging to me, held in common and undivided […] for the remaining part equally […] of the small house and small courtyard and all appurtenances […], whose boundaries and all rights are stated above, and I have received the agreed price for it, 80 drachmas, in full, and I will guarantee it with every guarantee and free from every public debt up to […] and of those who shall appear registered in it up to another descriptive census return, and from private debt, as stated above.
Registered through the record office of the village of Berenikis Aigialou, Pauni 18.
The text names Berenikis Aigialou as place of writing, while the records list Philadelphia. The prices of 170 and 80 drachmas appear in different, damaged sections and their relationship is unclear.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Staatsnotariatsvertrag über einen Hausteilkauf). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.