Fragment of a contract of cession drawn up in the Herakleopolite nome, dated by the priests in Alexandria, in which a party described by age and a scar on the right eyebrow cedes something, apparently property in a city quarter. It mentions the twenty-third year and the supervisors of the record office (agoranomia), and dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] in the time of the priests in office in Alexandria […]
[…] of Agema (?) in the Herakleopolite nome above Memphis […]
[…] fifty […] a scar on the right eyebrow, that he has ceded […] in the former Two Hawks (?) quarter-administration, through […] in the past twenty-third year […] through the supervisors of the agoranomia […]
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[…] hundred, by hand […]
[…] of Aurelius […]
[… ? lines lost …]
The quarter name 'Two Hawks' (Horon dyo) and the place name Agema are editorial restorations. Dating by the eponymous priests of Alexandria is unusual for this period and marks a formal notarial document.
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.