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Fragmentary agreement concerning the sale or division of a house TM 28178ArsinoitesII

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Fragmentary agreement from the Arsinoite nome, 2nd century AD, apparently concerning a sale or division of a house with its boundaries, involving women acting with guardians, a slave named Kronion, a sum of 2,000 drachmas, and the usual guarantee and penalty clauses. Several parties are described by age and identifying scars, and registration through the property record office is mentioned.

In English machine translation

[…] on the west Hero[…] […] through the property record office in the metropolis […] […] of those that will appear to be registered in it […] […] as stated above and clear of […] […] with her guardian, her kinsman Isidoros son of K[…] […] interest was not additionally taken because […] […] of the principal 2,000 drachmas and the interest […] […] of the quarter of Tameia, aged about 61, with a scar on the right knee […] […] according to this agreement […] […] of Pnepheros from the village of Ptolemais […] […] of the marriage, during the time, slave [children?] […] […] of the aforesaid slave Kronion […] […]soros son of Lysimachos, registered […] […] they [placed?] of their division into […] […] they declared; on the south the house of Souchion […] […] all and that the contracting parties have received […] […] and those claiming through her the same aforesaid […] […] of the house sold and the profits arising from it […] […] and the costs twofold and a penalty […] […] from the village of Hiera, aged about 80, without distinguishing marks; Harpokra[tion] […] […] without distinguishing marks; to Nepheros […] aged about […] […] of the village of Moucheis, aged about 46, with a scar on the left hand; Hero[…] […] aged about 42, with a scar below the left knee, with guardian […] […] Theano daughter of Choreus son of Ptolemaios […] […] of her […] […] of the house […] […] of Horos, of the house, and a penalty […]

The beginnings and ends of all lines are lost, so the exact nature of the transaction is uncertain. The property record office (bibliotheke enkteseon) was the official registry of real estate ownership.

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

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II · Arsinoites

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