A double contract of sale drawn up before the agoranomos Sosos at Krokodilopolis in the Pathyrite nome in 108 BC. Hermogenes son of Theon sells 6 arouras of grain land to Horos son of Nechouthes for 6 talents of bronze, with the boundaries of the plot and physical descriptions of both parties.
In English machine translation
[1]
Year 9, Pachon 12. Hermogenes son of Theon sold to Horos son of Nechouthes 6 arouras of land for 6 talents of bronze.
[2]
In the reign of Cleopatra and Ptolemy, gods Philometores Soteres, in the ninth year, when the priest in Alexandria of [Alexander and the gods] Soteres and the gods Adelphoi and the gods Euergetai and the gods Philopatores and the gods Epiphaneis and the god Eupator and the god Philometor and [the god Philopator Neos] and the god Euergetes and the gods Philometores Soteres, the sacred colt of Isis great mother of the gods, the athlophoros of Berenike Euergetis, the kanephoros [of Arsinoe Philadelphos], and the priestess of Arsinoe Philopator were those ⟨men and⟩ women in office in Alexandria, and in Ptolemais of the Thebaid under the priests and priestesses and kanephoros [in office, in the month of] Pachon 12, at Krokodilopolis, before Sosos, agoranomos of the upper toparchy of the Pathyrite nome.
Hermogenes son of Theon, Persian of the epigone, about 55 years old, of medium height, honey-coloured complexion, straight hair, balding, long face, straight nose, [a scar …] a white spot on the left eye, sold from the dry grain-bearing land belonging to him in the upper plain of Krokodilopolis in the Thebaid [of the Pathyrite nome, in all] 34 arouras, 6 arouras, whose neighbours are: to the south the land of Aes held by the sons of Phigeris; to the north the land of Petesouchos son of Portis and his brothers; [to the east the land of Isidoros] son of Teos; to the west the land of Pachnoumis son of Pelaios and the land of Petesouchos son of Portis and his brothers; or whoever the neighbours may be on all sides. [Horos son of Nechouthes, Persian] of the epigone, about 36 years old, of medium height, honey-coloured complexion, somewhat stooping, balding at the forehead, long face, straight nose, left ear pierced, bought it for 6 talents of bronze. Guarantor [and warrantor of all the terms of the sale] is Hermogenes the seller, whom Horos the buyer accepted.
I, Paniskos, colleague of Sosos, have executed this.
Apollonios, colleague of Nikomachos: the copy has been deposited in the archive. Year 9, Pachon 12.
"Persian of the epigone" was a legal status designation in Ptolemaic Egypt rather than an ethnic one. The agoranomos was the notary official who registered contracts.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sale of Land, at the Office of the Agoranomus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.