Sale of three cows to a cowherd TM 8145?3rd c. BC

Fragment of a contract of sale in which a cowherd, Psa[…]tes son of Nemesion, buys three cows (two red and one dappled) from Demetrios son of Iason, a Cyrenaean of the epigone. It dates to the 3rd century BC; the provenance is unknown.

In English machine translation

"Of the epigone" designates descendants of foreign military settlers in Ptolemaic Egypt. The physical description (age, height, complexion, baldness) belongs to the seller, as is usual in Ptolemaic contracts; the colour term "red" is partly restored.

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