Fragment of a sale or payment document involving Aurelia Soteira, registered through the agoranomic office, concerning a building property described from the ground to its full height with its neighbours, and a payment to her creditor in silver drachmas. It dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.
In English machine translation
[recto]
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[…] of the agoranomia of Agema […] of Aurelia Soteira also called […]
honey-coloured […]
registering (?) […]
the […] towards […]
of the same amphodarchia, about 30 years old […]
also called Eudaimon, Herakl[…]
[…] of the very great gods, in the lane […] from the ground up to its full height, whose neighbours […]
[…] of Rufus, former exegetes; to the east […] the price agreed between them […]
of which she paid over there […]
to her creditor […] drachmas of silver […]
Aurelia Soteira also called […]
by hand, from the house […]
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[verso]
[…] has been done rightly and properly; being asked the formal question, they agreed.
The receipt is valid.
"Melichrous" (honey-coloured) is a complexion term from a physical description of a party. The verso closes with the formal stipulation clause and declares the receipt valid.
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.