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p.kellis.1.36 308Kellis (Oasis Magna)
Fragments of a Contract of Sale via HGV-meta
Fragments of a contract of sale. Two fragments of a contract of sale from Kellis in the Dakhla Oasis, dated AD 308. The surviving parts preserve the seller's acknowledgment of full payment, his guarantee of the buyer's ownership, and the closing subscription written for an illiterate seller named Aurelius. machine translation
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TM 20297.
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- Fragments of a Contract of Sale HGV-meta Kellis (Oasis Magna)308
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[Fr1]
[… ? lines lost …]
[…]μ[…] … […]καὶ ἀπέχω τὴν τιμὴν
[…] διὰ χειρὸς πλῆρες. εὐδοκῶ καὶ πέπεισμαι
καὶ βεβαιώσω σοι πάσῃ βεβαιώσει πρὸς τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν
ἐπικρατεῖν καὶ κυριεύειν σε τὸν ὠνούμενον τῶν πεπραμένων
[…] καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἔχειν διοικεῖν καὶ ἐπιτελεῖν περὶ αὐτῶν
ᾧ ἂν αἱρῆται τρόπῳ, τῆς βεβαιώσεως ἐξακολουθούσης μοι
τῷ ἀποδομένῳ ἀπὸ πάντος τοῦ ἐπελευσομένου
[… ? lines lost …]
[Fr2]
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ὑπατείας τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Διοκλητιανοῦ πατρὸς τῶν βασιλέων
τὸ ι καὶ Γαλερίου Οὐαλερίου Μαξιμιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ τὸ ζ
Αὐρήλιος[…]ὁ προκείμενος πέπρακα[…]ὡς πρόκειται καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς
ὡμολόγησα. ἔγραψεν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ γράμματα μὴ εἰδότος
Αὐρήλιος […]ἀπὸ[…]Translations (1)
[Fragment 1]
[…]
[…] […] and I have received the price […] in full from hand to hand. I am satisfied and persuaded, and I will guarantee it to you with every guarantee, so that from now on you, the buyer, shall hold and own the things sold […] and have power to manage and deal with them in whatever way you choose, the guarantee remaining binding on me, the seller, against every claimant […]
[…]
[Fragment 2]
[…]
In the consulship of our lords Diocletian, father of the emperors, for the 10th time, and Galerius Valerius Maximianus Augustus for the 7th time.
I, Aurelius […], the aforesaid, have sold […] as stated above, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. Aurelius […] from […] wrote on his behalf, since he does not know letters.
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Kellis (Oasis Magna)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 20297 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.kellis;1;36 tier-1
- HGV-Text 20297 tier-1
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