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End of a sale contract with subscription of Aurelia Herakleia TM 31904Arsinoites oder HerakleopolitesIII

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Fragment of the end of a sale contract from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome in the 3rd century AD. It preserves guarantee and penalty clauses, a note that the transaction was completed through a public office, and the buyer's subscription by Aurelia Herakleia, which mentions a loan and sums of 2,200 and 1,000 drachmas.

In English machine translation

[…] of the […] […] drachmas of the coinage of the Augusti […] […] them by hand, from the house, and […] […] other transactions, and from […] […] for all time will guarantee […] […] the fixed (penalty?) against those who contravene the agreement […] […] the things agreed to be valid. The transaction was completed […] […] through the public (bank/registry?). The sale is valid. I, Aurelia Herakleia, have bought […] […] and the right of the loan […] […] 2,200 drachmas, of which I have […] […] 1,000 drachmas and the equal (sum?) […] […] and I will guarantee as aforesaid. […] as aforesaid.

The left part of every line is lost, so the object of the sale and the role of the loan are unclear. The figure of 2,200 drachmas is partly restored.

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.

cpr.1.203

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III · Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites

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