Fragment of an arbitration agreement (compromise) TM 32493unbekanntIV - V

Fragment of a compromise agreement in which two parties undertake to submit their dispute to an arbitrator, appear before him on a set day in Pauni of a fourteenth indiction, and obey his decision, with a gold penalty for the party that breaks the agreement. It dates to the 4th-5th century AD.

In English machine translation

A compromissum (Greek kompromisson, from Latin) was a contract binding parties to accept an arbitrator's ruling under penalty. Much of the wording is restored from standard formulas, and the penalty amount is lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Frammento di compromesso). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.