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p.kellis.1.37 Kellis (Oasis Magna)

Sale of Part of a House via HGV-meta

Sale of a quarter share of a house by Aurelia Takysis. A deed of sale in which Aurelia Takysis sells a quarter share of a house in her village to a fellow villager named Aurelius, for 2 talents. Written at Kellis in the Dakhleh Oasis in AD 320, it was signed on her behalf by a literate man because she could not write, and witnessed by Aurelius Psais. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[Fr1] Αὐρηλία Τακῦσις[…]ἀπὸ κώμης […]Αὐρηλίῳ […]ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης νῦν οἰκοῦντι ἐν[…] χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι σοι[…]ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν ἐπὶ τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον ἀπὸ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων μοι[…]μέρος τέταρτον οἰκίας ἐν τοῖς ἀπὸ[…]μέρεσι τῆς κώμης[…]διὰ τῆς[…] τραπέζης […]Ἄγαθος […]ἀπὸ Αὐρηλίων […]σίδου ἄρξαντος […]…ίου [… ? lines lost …] [Fr2] [… ? lines lost …] κυρία ἡ πρᾶσις δισσὴ γραφεῖσα ἐφʼ ὑπογραφῆς τοῦ ὑπογράφοντος ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ καὶ βεβαία ὡς ἐν δημοσίῳ κατακειμένη καὶ ἐπερωτηθεῖσα ὡμολόγησα. ὑπατείας τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Κωνσταντίνου Αὐγούστου τὸ ϛ καὶ Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτου Καίσαρος τὸ α Παχὼν κ κατʼ[…] Αὐρηλία Τακῦσις ἡ προκειμένη πέπρακα τὸ προκείμενον μέρος τέταρτον οἰκίας καὶ ἀπέσχον τὴν τιμὴν ἐν ταλάντοις δύο, γίνεται τάλαντα β, πλήρη ὡς πρόκειταικαὶ βεβαιώσω πάσῃ βεβαιώσει καὶ ἐπερωτηθεῖσα ὡμολόγησα. ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς γράμματα μὴ εἰδυίης Αὐρήλιος[…]ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης καὶ ἐσωμάτισα. Αὐρήλιος Ψάις […] […] ἐμαρτύρησα τὰ πάντα ὡς πρόκειται.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[Fragment 1] Aurelia Takysis […] from the village […] to Aurelius […] from the same village, now living in […], greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you […] from now for all time, from the property belonging to me […] a fourth part of a house in the […] parts of the village […] through the […] bank […] Agathos […] from the Aurelii […]sidos, former magistrate […] [… lines lost …] [Fragment 2] [… lines lost …] [The sale is valid], written in two copies, with the signature of the person signing on my behalf, and secure as if deposited in a public archive, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. In the consulship of our lords Constantine Augustus for the 6th time and Constantine the most illustrious Caesar for the 1st time, Pachon 20, according to […] I, Aurelia Takysis, the aforementioned, have sold the aforementioned fourth part of a house and have received the price in 2 talents, total 2 talents, in full as stated above, and I will guarantee it with every guarantee, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. I, Aurelius […] from the same village, wrote on her behalf since she does not know letters, and I executed the deed. I, Aurelius Psais […], witnessed everything as stated above.

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Found at Kellis (Oasis Magna)

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