Fragment of a cession contract with guarantee clauses TM 29066Arsinoites oder HerakleopolitesII

Fragment of a contract of cession (parachoresis) involving a person named Isarion and someone with a name beginning Aphrod-, mentioning a payment of 1,000 silver drachmas. It includes the usual guarantee clauses, freedom from claims, the new owners' right to sell and manage, and penalties for breach. It dates to the 2nd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

The "paracheretikon" is the price paid for a cession of rights (typically to land), here with a 50% penalty for breach plus an equal fine to the treasury.

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.