End of a contract of sale of a house and courtyard TM 31871Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites1. Hälfte III

Fragment of the end of a contract of sale concerning a house and courtyard, with the closing clauses and the subscriptions of the seller(s) and buyer. A certain Aurelius signed on behalf of parties who could not write. It dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

Most of the closing formula is restored from standard contract language. The term 'protopraxia' denotes the state's priority right to execute against the parties' property.

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.