Fragment of a contract, probably a sale or transfer of property, describing an empty plot with a palm grove at the village of Phrem, its neighbours on four sides, and a woman named Hermione. It dates to the 2nd-3rd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.
In English machine translation
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[...] [...]
[...] neighbours on the four sides [...]
[...] dung (?) [...] and to those in it [...]
[...] in the village of Phrem, an empty plot in which a palm grove [...]
[...] or whoever may now be the neighbours [...]
[...] in the aforementioned villages or toparchies [...]
[...] and Hermione [...]
[...] and seven (?) [...]
[...] I consent [...]
[...] [...]
[...] one and a half times (?) [...]
[...]
[...]
The word hemiolia ('one and a half') likely belongs to the standard penalty clause requiring payment of damages plus half again. 'I consent' (eudokō) is a typical formula of a party approving the transaction.
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.