One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 28682

Fragment of a sale contract with guarantee clause and personal description TM 28682unbekanntII - III

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Fragment of a contract, probably a sale, preserving parts of the seller's guarantee clause against all claims and taxes, a penalty payable also to the public treasury, and a physical description of one of the parties. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[…] […] with descendants and those who will receive from him […] […] guaranteed forever against all claims with every guarantee, and free from […] […] and all taxes and […] […] and to the public treasury the same amount, and nonetheless […] […] squint-eyed, with eyebrows meeting, a scar on the right eyebrow […] […]

The clauses are standard formulas of Greco-Egyptian sale contracts, restored largely from parallels. The description (squint, joined eyebrows, scar) identifies a contracting party, as was customary.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as p.fuad.i.univ.App_II_120). 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.fuad.i.univ.App_II_120

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

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