Fragment of a sale contract with forecourt TM 31886Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites1. Hälfte III

Fragment from the end of a contract of sale, probably of a house or building, preserving standard clauses on permanent ownership, penalties for breach, the formal stipulation, and receipt of the price. It mentions parties named Aurelius and a Herakleides, and dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

The word pronesion (rendered "forecourt") is a rare term for a space in front of a building. Only the closing formulas of the contract survive.

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.