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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29064
Fragment of a contract with payment in silver drachmas TM 29064Arsinoites oder HerakleopolitesII
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Fragment of a contract involving a payment in silver drachmas and a right to sell or alienate something, with a subscription by a certain Nikolaos writing on behalf of a party. It dates to the 2nd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.
In English machine translation
[...]
[...] [...]
[...] drachmas of silver [...]
[...] of the one in charge of (?) [...]
[...] to sell for alienation [...]
[...] the aforementioned drachmas [...]
[...] I, Nikolaos, wrote on behalf of the [...]
The phrase "to sell for alienation" suggests a sale or a loan with security in which the creditor gains the right of disposal. The last line is probably a subscription written for an illiterate party, but the word after "the" is lost.
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.