Fragment of a contract of sale or cession with guarantee clauses TM 31888Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites1. Hälfte III

Fragment of a contract, probably a sale or cession, recording payment of a sum in drachmas of imperial coinage, a guarantee of title against claimants, and a penalty clause for breach. It dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

Most of the text is restored from standard contract formulas; the object of the transaction is lost. The term 'parachoresis' (cession) suggests a transfer of rights, such as land or catoecic 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.