Sale of shares of a house and a vacant plot at Ankyron TM 27861Ankyron (Herakleopolites)98 - 117
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A contract of sale from the village of Ankyron in the Herakleopolite nome, dated Epeiph 12 in a year of Trajan. A man, son of Horos, sells to Pareis son of Agathinos fractional shares of an inherited house and of an adjoining vacant plot, acknowledging receipt of the price in silver drachmas and guaranteeing the property free of debt.
In English machine translation
A 'psilos topos' is an unbuilt plot of land; the 'vikos' appears to be a local measure or unit whose sense is uncertain. The fractions of the share are partly restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Verkauf von Anteilen eines Hauses und eines ψιλὸς τόπος). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.heid.10.447
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