Sale of half an aroura of grain land in the taenia of Pathyris TM 95Pathyris2. Aug. 89 v.Chr.

[recto, column 1] Year 25, Epeiph 23. Nechouthes son of Petearsemtheus sold to Petearsemtheus son of Panebchounis half an aroura of dry grain-bearing land in the taenia (sandbank) of Pathyris. [recto, column 2] In the reign of Ptolemy called Alexander and Cleopatra his sister, the gods Philometores Soteres, in the twenty-fifth year, in the time of the priests and priestesses and the kanephoros who are in office, in the month Epeiph, 23, at Pathyris, before Hermias, agoranomos of the upper toparchy of the Pathyrite nome. Nechouthes son of Petearsemtheus, Persian of the epigone, about 45 years old, of medium height, honey-coloured, curly-haired (?), long-faced, straight-nosed, with protruding ears, sold, from the undivided dry grain-bearing land belonging to him and his brothers in the taenia of Pathyris called Telon, from the share falling to him, half an aroura. Neighbours of the whole land: to the south, land of Petearsemtheus son of Panebchounis, the buyer; to the north, land of Pbouchis; to the east, vineyard of Kanopos and his brothers; to the west, an embankment; or whoever the neighbours may be on all sides. Petearsemtheus son of Panebchounis bought it for 1 talent 3,000 drachmas of bronze. Negotiator and guarantor of all the terms of this sale: Nechouthes, the seller, whom Petearsemtheus, the buyer, accepted. I, Hermias, have registered it. [verso] [… 1 line lost …] Sale of Petearsemtheus son of Panebchounis from Nechouthes son of Petearsemtheus, half an aroura.