Fragment of a sale contract in which a half share of property, apparently including part of a house and land in a kleros (allotment), is sold, with neighbours listed and a price paid in imperial silver drachmas. The seller appears to be Aurelius Herakl[…] and the buyer Demetrios; it dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.
In English machine translation
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[…] of …gaios and […]
[…] and […]
[…] from the parts […]
[…] of …kleides, village […]
[…] allotment (kleros) and in […]
[…] of it and […] from Herminos […]
[…] of all, half […]
[…] half share of […] from a house; neighbours […]
[…] north […] the […]
[…] and the agreed price […]
[…] drachmas of imperial silver coinage, [which] Aurelius Herakl[…] [has received from] Deme[trios] […]
[…] son (?) of Herakleides […]
[…] this, as stated above […]
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[…] will guarantee […]
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The roles of seller and buyer depend on restorations; a kleros was an allotment of land originally assigned to settlers.
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.