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p.nekr.37 Febr. - März 307
Sale of a Half-Share of a Donkey via HGV-meta
Sale of a half-share of a white donkey between gravediggers. A contract in which the gravedigger Psenanouphis son of Strabon sells to a fellow gravedigger, Syros son of Petechon, a half-share in his white donkey for 2 talents 3,000 drachmas, with both men sharing liability and ownership. It was written in the Great Oasis (Kysis or Hibis) in early 307 AD, signed for the illiterate seller by Aurelius Ammonios. machine translation
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TM 23259.
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- Sale of a Half-Share of a Donkey HGV-meta Hibis (Oasis Magna, Ägypten) oder Febr. - März 307
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Ψενανοῦϕις Στράβωνος ἐξωπυλίτης ἀπὸ τοπαρχίας Κύσεως τῆς Ἱβιτῶν πόλεως Σύρῳ Πετεχῶντος νεωτέρου ἐξωπυλίτῃ ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως χαίρειν.
ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι σοι ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μέχρι παντὸς τὴν ἡμίσειαν τῆς ὑπαρχούσης μοι ὄνου λευκῆς οὔσης, ἐχούσης σημεῖον ἐπὶ τοῦ τραχήλου αὐτῆς, τιμῆς τῆς συμπεϕωνημένης
πρὸς σὲ ἀργυρίου Σεβαστῶν καινοῦ νομίσματος ἐν νούμμοις τάλαντα δύο καὶ δραχμὰς
τρισχειλίας, γίνονται τάλαντα β δραχμαὶ Γ, καὶ ἐὰν μὲν βλάβος τι
ποιήσῃ, ἡμεῖς ἀμϕότεροι, ἐὰν δέ, ὃ μὴ εἴη, δεινόν τι πάθῃ, πάλιν ἀμϕότεροι, καὶ ὁμολογῶ μή
μοι ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ τῆς ὄνου μηδὲ σοὶ ἀποσπᾶν
με ἀπ’ αὐτῆς …α… ἐξεῖναι, ἀμϕοτέρους δὲ κυριεύειν καὶ δεσπόζειν καὶ ἐξ ἴσου τῆς ὄνου διὰ τὸ
ἐπὶ τούτοις ἡμᾶς ἀλλήλοις συνομολογῆσαι.
ἡ πρᾶσις αὕτη ἁπλῆ γραϕεῖσα μετὰ τῆς συγκαταθέσεωςμου κυρία ἔστω καὶ βεβαία ὡς
ἐν δημοσίῳ κατακειμένη καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς
ὡμολόγησα.
ἔτους ιε καὶ ἔτους γ καὶ ἔτους α τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν
Μαξιμιανοῦ καὶ Σεουήρου Σεβαστῶν καὶ
Μαξιμίνου καὶ Κωνσταντίνου τῶν
ἐπιϕανεστάτων Καισάρων, Φαμενωθ […].
Ψενανοῦϕις Στράβωνος ἐξωπυλίτης
ὁ προκείμενος πέπρακα τὴν ἡμισείαν
τῆς ὄνου μου καὶ ἀπέσχον τὴν τιμὴν ὡς
πρόκειται καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα.
ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ γράμματα μὴ εἰδότος
Αὐρήλιος Ἀμμώνιος Ἀμμωνίου ἀξιωθείς.Translations (1)
Psenanouphis son of Strabon, gravedigger (exopylites) from the toparchy of Kysis of the city of the Hibites, to Syros son of Petechon the younger, gravedigger from the same city, greetings.
I acknowledge that I have sold to you from now for all time the half-share of the female donkey belonging to me, which is white and has a mark on its neck, at the price agreed with you of 2 talents and 3,000 drachmas of silver in the new coinage of the Augusti in nummi, total 2 talents 3,000 drachmas. And if it does any damage, we are both (responsible), and if, which may it not happen, it suffers some mishap, again both of us. And I acknowledge that I will not withdraw from the donkey, nor shall it be permitted (?) to you to drag me away from it, but both of us are to own and possess the donkey equally, because we have agreed with each other on these terms.
This sale, written in a single copy with my consent, shall be valid and secure as if deposited in a public archive, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent.
Year 15 and year 3 and year 1 of our lords Maximianus and Severus, Augusti, and Maximinus and Constantine, the most illustrious Caesars, Phamenoth […].
I, Psenanouphis son of Strabon, gravedigger, the aforesaid, have sold the half-share of my donkey and have received the price as stated above, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. I, Aurelius Ammonios son of Ammonios, wrote on his behalf at his request, since he does not know letters.
Connections
Found at
Hibis Oder Kysis
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 23259 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.nekr;;37 tier-1
- HGV-Text 23259 tier-1
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