Fragment of a sale contract with Helene as buyer TM 29079Arsinoites oder HerakleopolitesII

Fragment of a contract of sale in which a seller declares that he has sold something, apparently a slave or animal described by a scar, to a woman named Helene, and promises to guarantee the sale and that the object is free of private claims. The end preserves part of a subscription written by a man whose name ends in -trios on behalf of someone who could not write. It dates to the 2nd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

The mention of a scar (oule) and an age ('nine') suggests the item sold was a slave or animal identified by distinguishing marks. The subscription line probably refers to someone signing for an illiterate party ('not knowing letters').

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.