Fragment of a copy of a sale contract from the Themistos division of the Arsinoite nome, in which a woman named Persine, about 48 years old, acknowledges having sold something to a man in perpetuity. It dates to the early 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
Copy of a sale. Year […]
[…] of the division of Themistos [of the Arsinoite nome. …] acknowledges […]
[…] Persine, about 48 years old, with a scar […] [with her guardian …]
[…] scar on his own wrist […] that she, the acknowledging party, has sold to him […] [from]
now for all time […]
[…]
[…]
[…] grain (?) […]
[…] west […]
[… 5 lines lost …]
The object of the sale is lost; the mention of 'west' suggests a property described by its boundaries. Scars are noted as identifying marks of the parties.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment der Abschrift eines Kaufvertrags). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.