Fragment of a sale or cession contract with guarantee clause TM 29046Arsinoites oder HerakleopolitesII

Fragment of a contract, probably a sale or cession, in which one party acknowledges receiving a price in imperial silver drachmas paid in full and promises to guarantee the object free of other claims for all time. It dates to the 2nd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

The object sold and the parties are lost; the guarantee clause is largely restored from standard formulas. "Imperial coinage" (sebastou nomismatos) refers to the Roman silver drachma currency of Egypt.

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.