Beginning of a sale contract in which Aurelius Polemon son of Agathos, from the western toparchy of the Oxyrhynchite nome, sells to Aurelia Gemellina of Oxyrhynchus a property, probably land or a share inherited from his father, lying near a village. It dates to the second half of the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Aurelius Polemon son of Agathos, his mother being […], from […] of the western toparchy of the Oxyrhynchite nome […]
to Aurelia Gemellina, also called […], from the city of Oxyrhynchus, acting without a guardian by the right of children according to the customs of the Romans, her husband Sarapoisidoros […] standing by her,
greeting. I acknowledge that I have sold and ceded to you from now for all time the […] belonging to me […] lying at Ko… […] in the middle parts, formerly of my father […] (my?) father Sarapous from the village of … […] his father Sarapous and […] the share falling to him […], whose neighbours are, on the north, Klia[…]
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Gemellina acts without a guardian under the 'right of children' (ius liberorum), a Roman privilege for women with three or more children. The nature of the property sold is lost in the gaps.
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.