Fragment of a sale contract for property in a village TM 31891Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites1. Hälfte III

Fragment of a contract, probably a sale of property such as a house or building plot, in which the parties make an acknowledgement, are described by distinguishing marks, and the seller is said to have received payment. It dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD and comes from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

The phrase "up to every height" is a standard clause in sales of houses or building land, granting rights to build upward without limit. The description by scars is the usual way contracting parties were identified.

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.