Fragment of a contract from the reign of Trajan in which a woman named Isarion, daughter of Apollonios, acknowledges ceding a common and undivided share of a house and courtyard owned jointly with Didymos. The property's measurements in cubits and its neighbours, including the house of Sambas and a public street, are described.
In English machine translation
[Year …] of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus […]
[…] Isarion daughter of Apollonios, aged about […] years, […] acknowledges […]
[…] son of Heron, aged about twenty-two, with a scar […]
[…] son of Sambas son of Ammonios, aged about […] years […]
[…] a common and undivided share of the existing […]
[…] of her and of Didymos, of a house and courtyard and of the […]
[…] of the entire measurements and dimensions in cubits, of which the neighbours are as the ceding party has declared […]
[…] of the first parcel […] and to the north 6 (?) cubits […]
[…] of the courtyard, cubits […] as stated above […]
[…] to the east the house of Sambas, to the north a public street, to the west […]
[… ? lines lost …]
The restoration 'the ceding party' suggests a deed of cession (parachoresis), a form of property transfer common in Roman Egypt. The other parties' names are largely lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.