Fragment of a contract with guarantee clause TM 31898Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites1. Hälfte III

A small fragment of a contract, probably a sale or cession of property, mentioning an Aurelius Peta[...] and containing standard clauses on ownership and possession and a guarantee against any future claimant, to be repelled at the seller's own expense. It dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

The surviving phrases belong to the standard warranty (bebaiosis) formula of sale contracts; the exact object of the transaction is lost.

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.