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[… ? lines lost …] […]ἐφʼ ἱερέων[…] […]ν μηνὸς[…] […]Ἀγήματος τοῦ […] […]ρου μητρὸς[…] […]γεος ε[…] […]ε μετὰ κυρίου[…] […]περιγενομένῳ[…] […]ακοντα[…] […]ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι[…] […]π[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31848
Fragment of a sale contract TM 31848HerakleopolitesIII (?)
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A small fragment from the opening of a sale contract from the Herakleopolite nome, probably of the 3rd century AD. Only scraps survive: a dating clause naming priests, the parties' parentage, a woman acting with a guardian, a reference to a survivor, and the seller's acknowledgment of sale.
In English machine translation
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[…] under the priests […]
[…] of the month […]
[…] of Agemas (?) son of […]
[…]ros, mother […]
[…]
[…] with [guardian] […]
[…] to the survivor […]
[…]ty (?) […]
[…] I acknowledge that I have sold […]
[…]
[…]
The dating formula 'under the priests' and the clause 'to the survivor' are typical of contract preambles; most names and the object sold are lost.
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.