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p.mich.5.308 IArsinoites
Sale of a Vacant Lot via APIS-papyrus
Greek subscription to a Demotic sale of a vacant lot at Tebtynis. Greek subscription to a Demotic sale contract in which Mersis also called Pyrrhos, son of Labesis, sells a vacant lot with a house and storerooms at Tebtynis to Eutychos the elder, son of Eutychos. His wife Herais consents to the sale; the text dates to the 1st century AD. machine translation
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TM 25200.
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- Sale of a Vacant Lot APIS-papyrus Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, ArsinoiIst century A.D.
- Demotic Contract for the Sale of a Vacant Lot, with Greek Subscription HGV-meta ArsinoitesI
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Μέρσις ὃς καὶ Πύρρος Λαβήσιος ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι Εὐτύχῳ πρεσβυτέρῳ Εὐτύχου τὸν ὑπάρχοντά μοι ψιλὸν τόπον, ἐν ᾧ οἶκος καὶ ταμεῖα, καὶ τὰ συγκύροντα
πάντα ἐν Τεβτύνει ὧν μέτρα πάντων νότου ἐπὶ βορρᾶ πήχεις ἑπτά , λιβὸς ἐπʼ ἀπηλιώτου πήχεις εἴκοσι ἓξ ἥμισυ , ἐπὶ δὲ παντὸς τῶν πηχισμῶν ἢ ὅσοι ἐὰν ὦσιν, ὧν γείτονες πάντων νότου Ἡρώδου τοῦ Ἡρώδου τοῦ καὶ Εἰσιδώρου αὐλὴ καὶ ἐπί τι μέρος Εὐτύχου τοῦ πριαμένου τόποι, βορρᾶ Ἑρμαῖον θεοῦ μεγάλου ἱερὸν
καὶ ἐπί τι μέρος εὐρυχωρία τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἱεροῦ, λιβὸς ῥύμη βασιλική, ἀπηλιώτου τοῦ αὐτοῦ Μέρσιος τόποι· ὑπὲρ ὧν καὶ ἀπέχω τὴν συγκεχωρημένην
τιμὴν πᾶσαν ἐκ πλήρους διὰ χειρὸς ἐξ οἴκου, καὶ βεβαιώσω τὴν πρᾶσιν πάσῃ βεβαιώσει ἀπὸ δημοσίων καὶ ἰδιωτικῶν καὶ παντὸς εἴδους καθὼς πρόκιται.
ἔγραψεν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ Μαρεψῆμις Μαρεψήμιος διὰ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι αὐτὸν γράμματα. Ἡραὶς Ὀρσενούφιος μητρὸς Ἀρετῆς ἡ τοῦ Μέρσιος γυνὴ εὐδοκεῖ
τῇ πράσει ταύτῃ καὶ μηδʼ ἐπελεύσεσθαι ἐπὶ τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον μηδʼ ἐγκαλέσειν μηδὲ ἄλλον ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς ἐπὶ τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον καθὼς πρόκειται
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I, Mersis also called Pyrrhos, son of Labesis, acknowledge that I have sold to Eutychos the elder, son of Eutychos, the vacant lot belonging to me, on which there are a house and storerooms, and all its appurtenances,
in Tebtynis, the measurements of all of which are from south to north 7 cubits, from west to east 26 1/2 cubits, or however many cubits there may be in all, the neighbours of all of which are: on the south the courtyard of Herodes son of Herodes also called Isidoros and, for some part, plots of Eutychos the buyer; on the north the Hermaion, temple of the great god,
and, for some part, the open space of the same temple; on the west the royal street; on the east plots of the same Mersis. For these I have received the agreed
price in full, from hand to hand, out of the house, and I will guarantee the sale with every guarantee against public and private claims and of every kind, as stated above.
Marepsemis son of Marepsemis wrote on his behalf because he does not know letters. Herais daughter of Orsenouphis, her mother being Arete, the wife of Mersis, [consents]
to this sale and will not proceed against it for all time nor bring a charge, nor will anyone else on her behalf, for all time, as [stated above].
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 25200 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;5;308 tier-1
- HGV-Text 25200 tier-1
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