Sale of a house with a cellar at Oxyrhynchus TM 33365OxyrhynchosIV

A fragmentary contract of sale in which a woman named Aurelia of Oxyrhynchus, acting on her own under the right of children, sells a house with a cellar in Oxyrhynchus to Asklepiades. The property had come to her through a mortgage registered at the property record office, and a price of 3,000 drachmas is mentioned. It dates to the 4th century AD.

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The 'right of children' (ius liberorum) allowed a woman with enough children to conduct legal business without a male guardian. The bibliotheke enkteseon was the public archive registering property ownership and encumbrances.

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