Fragment of a sale contract involving Thermouthis TM 29080Arsinoites oder HerakleopolitesII

Fragment of a contract, probably a sale, from the 2nd century AD in the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome. It preserves standard clauses guaranteeing the buyer, penalties of double costs, a payment through a bank, freedom from public debts, and mentions a woman Thermouthis with a scar on her left forearm, acting through an agent.

In English machine translation

The scar description identifies a party, as is usual in contracts of this period. The party called 'the absent woman' acted through a representative (phrontistes).

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.