cpr.1.124
[… ? lines lost …] ἢ ἐμποιησομένου[…]ἐνέχεσθαι τὸν παραβάντα τῷ ὡρισμένῳ κατὰ τῶν παρασυνγραφούντωνἐπιτίμῳ· περὶ δεὶ τοῦ ταῦτα ὀρθῶς καὶ καλῶς […]πρωτοπραξίας οὔσης […] ὃ πέπρακα καὶ παρακεχώρηκα[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31868
Fragment of a contract of sale or cession TM 31868Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites1. Hälfte III
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Small fragment from the closing clauses of a Greek contract of sale or cession, preserving parts of the guarantee, penalty and execution clauses and a subscription mentioning what the party has sold and ceded. It dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.
In English machine translation
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… or laying claim (?) […] the party who contravenes shall be liable to the fixed penalty against those contracting […] concerning these things being done rightly and well […] with the right of first execution existing […]
which I have sold and ceded […]
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"Protopraxia" is the creditor's right of first execution, a standard legal clause with no exact English equivalent. Much of the wording is the editor's restoration based on standard formulas.
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.