Fragment concerning the sale and concealment of a slave TM 31439unbekanntIII

A fragment of a legal text from Roman Egypt concerning the sale of a slave, mentioning written agreements, a master, a slave who was hidden, and a law on matters after a sale. The context may be a petition or court record alleging illegal conduct.

In English machine translation

Only the right-hand portions of lines are partly preserved, so the exact nature of the document (petition, proceedings or legal argument) is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Miscellaneous papyri). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.