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p.kellis.1.34 27. Nov. 315Kellis (Oasis Magna)
Sale of Half of a Foal via HGV-meta
Sale of a half share in a white foal. A contract in which Aurelius Tou son of Besaponyx of Keramion sells his half share in a white foal to Aurelius Horos son of Mersis of Kellis for 2 1/2 talents, paid in full. A villager of Kellis signs for the illiterate seller; the sale is dated by the consuls of AD 315 and Egyptian month Mecheir. machine translation
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- Sale of Half of a Foal HGV-meta Kellis (Oasis Magna)27. Nov. 315
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Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Αὐρήλιος Τοῦ Βησαπώνυκος ἀπὸ κώμης Κεραμίων τῆς Μωθιτῶν πόλεως Αὐρηλίῳ Ὥρῳ Μέρσιος ἀπὸ κώμης Κέλλεως τῆς
αὐτῆς πόλεως χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι σοι ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν
ἐπὶ τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον τὴν ὑπάρχουσάν μοι ἡμίσειανπώλου
λευκοῦ τοῦτον τοιοῦτον ἀναπόρριφον καὶ ἀνεπίλημπτον ἐλθόντα εἰς ἐμὲ ἀπὸ[…] γεννήσαντος μου τιμῆς τῆς συμπεφωνημένης ἀλλήλοις ἀργυρίου Σεβαστῶν νομίσματος ἐν νούμμοις τάλαντα δύο δραχμὰς Γ, γίνεται τάλαντα β δραχμαὶ Γ, ἅπερ ἀπέσχον παρὰ σοῦ σήμερον
διὰ χειρὸς ἐκ πλήρους. εὐδοκῶ καὶ πέπεισμαι καὶ βεβαιώσω
πάσῃ βεβαιώσει πρὸς τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν σε ἐπικρατεῖν καὶ κυριεύειν
τὸν ὠνούμενον τοῦ πεπραμένου σοι ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ ἡμίσεως πώλου ν[…]
[…]…αλλην …[…]…[…]ν ὑπὲρ τοῦ μέρους σου τὸ προκείμενον
μέρος καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἔχειν διοικεῖν καὶ ἐπιτελεῖν περὶ αὐτοῦ …[…]
ᾧ ἐὰν αἱρῇ τρόπῳ, τῆς βεβαιώσεως ἐξακολουθούσης μοι τῷ ἀποδομένῳ διὰ παντὸς ἀπὸ παντὸς τοῦ ἐπελευσομένου. κυρία ἡ πρᾶσις[…]πλῆ γραφεῖσα ἐφʼ ὑπογραφῆς τοῦ ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ὑπογράφοντος ἔστω
καὶ βεβαία ὡς ἐν δημοσίῳ κατακειμένη καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς
ὡμολόγησα.
ὑπατείας τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Κωνσταντίνου καὶ Λικιννίου
Σεβαστῶν τὸ δ Μεχεὶρ κε κατʼ Αἰγυπτίους.
Αὐρήλιος Τοῦ Βησαπώνυκος Αὐρηλίῳ Ὥρῳ τῷ προκειμένῳ·
πέπρακά σοι τὴν ἡμίσειαν πώλου καὶ ἀπέσχον τὴν τιμὴν ταλάντα δύο ἥμισυ ἐν νούμμοις νομίσματος, γίνεται τάλαντα β δραχμαὶ Γ καὶ βεβαιώσω σοι ὡς πρόκειται καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα ὡς πρόκειται. ἔγραψεν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ γράμματα μὴ εἰδότος Αὐρήλιος Ψάις …δ[…]ιος
ἀπὸ κώμης Κέλλεως.
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πρᾶσις ἡμίσεως πώλου Τοῦ ΒησαπώνυκοςTranslations (1)
[recto]
Aurelius Tou son of Besaponyx, from the village of Keramion of the city of the Mothites, to Aurelius Horos son of Mersis, from the village of Kellis of the same city, greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you from now for all time the half share belonging to me of a white foal, this one just as it is, not liable to rejection and free from claims, which came to me from [...] my late father (?), for the price agreed between us of 2 talents 3,000 drachmas of silver of the coinage of the Augusti in nummi, total 2 talents 3,000 drachmas, which I received from you today from hand to hand in full. I consent and am satisfied, and I shall guarantee it with every guarantee, so that from now on you, the buyer, shall possess and own the half of a foal sold to you by me [...] on behalf of your share the aforementioned share, and have the right to manage and deal with it [...] in whatever way you choose, the guarantee remaining with me, the seller, at all times against anyone who shall make a claim. Let the sale, written in a single copy with the subscription of the one subscribing for me, be valid and secure as if deposited in a public archive, and having been asked I agreed.
In the consulship of our masters Constantine and Licinius Augusti, for the 4th time, Mecheir 25 according to the Egyptians.
I, Aurelius Tou son of Besaponyx, to Aurelius Horos the aforementioned: I have sold to you the half of a foal and have received the price, 2 1/2 talents in nummi of the coinage, total 2 talents 3,000 drachmas, and I shall guarantee it to you as aforesaid, and having been asked I agreed as aforesaid. Aurelius Psais son of [...]ios, from the village of Kellis, wrote on his behalf because he does not know letters.
[verso]
Sale of half of a foal of Tou son of Besaponyx.
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Kellis (Oasis Magna)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 20296 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.kellis;1;34 tier-1
- HGV-Text 20296 tier-1
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