Sale of a half share of a property with farmstead and courtyard TM 29081Arsinoites oder HerakleopolitesII

Fragment of a sale contract concerning a half share of a property with a farmstead, courtyard and appurtenances, sold to a man named Dionysios. The text preserves the seller's guarantee clauses, penalties of the price plus half and an equal fine to the treasury, and part of a subscription by a son of Hermogenes mentioning a half-sister Sambous. It dates to the 2nd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

The penalty 'with one half more' (hemiolia) is a standard clause requiring repayment of the price plus 50 percent if the guarantee fails. The word translated 'farmstead' (epoikion) denotes a small rural settlement or farm building.

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.