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Fragment of a sale of land of nine arouras TM 31870Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites

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Fragment of a contract of sale for land, apparently 9 arouras, with boundaries including a royal street on one side. The sellers, one named Aurelius, acknowledge receiving the agreed price in drachmas and guarantee the buyer against claims. It comes from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] and of the [...] [...] of nine arouras, 9 arouras [...] [...] royal street; on the east [...] [...] the agreed price [...] [...] 10,000 (?) drachmas [...] [...] the sellers, Aurelius [...] [...] to have received from [...] [...] and from other sales [...] [...] and [...] [...] or of anyone making a claim [...] [...] nor those acting on his behalf [...] [...] of the father of the [...] [...]

The name Aurelius suggests a date after AD 212. The sum of 'ten thousand' drachmas survives only in part, so the full price is unknown.

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.

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cpr.1.126

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites

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