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p.nekr.4 240 - 241Hibis (Oasis Magna)
Mandate to register a manumission and gift via HGV-meta
Mandate to register a manumission and gift of a house share before the archidikastes. A contract from Hibis in the Great Oasis in which Polydeukes also called Mersis, a freed gravedigger, appoints Aurelius Sarapion also called Philosarapis to register in Alexandria, before the archidikastes, the private deed by which his former owners Petechon and Petosiris freed him and gave him a third of a house. The manumission deed is copied in full, followed by witnesses and the notary's subscription. machine translation
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- Mandate to register a manumission and gift HGV-meta Hibis (Oasis Magna)240 - 241
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[fragment 1]
ἔτους δ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Ἀντωνίου
Γορδιανοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ […]
ἐκτὸς τῶν προαστείων. ὁμολογεῖ Πολυδεύκης
ἐπικαλούμενος Μέρσις ἀπελεύθερος Πετεχῶντος
καὶ Πετοσίριος ἀμϕοτέρων Πετεχῶντος […]
νεκροτάϕος ἀπὸ τῆς Ἱβιτῶν πόλεως Αὐρηλίῳ Σαραπίωνι τῷ καὶ Φιλοσαράπιδι ἀποσυνεστηκέναι αὐτὸν
καταπλέοντα εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν δημοσιῶσαι παρὰ
τῷ ἀρχιδικαστῇ χειρόγραϕον ἀπελευθερώσεως γενομένης αὐτῷ ἧς ἐστιν ἀντίγραϕον. Πετεχῶν καὶ Πετοσῖρις ἀμϕότεροι Πετεχῶντος Πολυδεύκῃ ἐπικαλουμένῳ Μέρσει νεκροτάϕῳ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἱβιτῶν πόλεως χαίρειν. ὁμολογοῦμεν ἀπηλευθερωκέναι σε ὑπὸ Δία
Γῆν Ἥλιον ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μέχρι παντὸς χάριν ἧς ἐνέδειξας πρὸς ἡμᾶς πίστεως […] καὶ
μὴ ἐξεῖναι ἡμῖν ἐγκαλεῖν […]
περὶ δουλίας ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μέχρι παντὸς […]
μη[…]…[…] μετελθεῖν
σε περὶ δουλίας ἢ ὑπὲρ […]
διὰ τὸ οὕτως ἡμῖν δεδόχθαι, καὶ δεδωκέναι
σοι μέρος τρίτον οἰκίας […] γείτονες νότου ὁδὸς μ[…]
ἀπελευθερώσει β[…]
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[fragment 2+3]
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…[…] διὰ τὸ οὕτως
ἡμῖν δεδόχθαι. ἡ δὲ ἀπελευθέρωσις αὕτη δισσὴ
ἐγράϕη. κυρία ἔστω καὶ βεβαία ὡς ἐν δημοσίῳ κατακεχωρισμένη καὶ ἐπερωτηθέντες ὡμολογήσαμεν. ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν Αὐρήλιος […]
…[…]…[…]
…[…] Πετεχῶν
καὶ Πετοσῖρις ἀμϕότεροι Πετεχῶντος οἱ προκείμενοι τεθείμεθα τὴν προκειμένην ἀπελευθέρωσιν ἐϕ’ αἷς περιέχει πάσαις διαστολαῖς. ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν
Αὐρήλιος Σαραπίων ὁ καὶ Φιλοσάραπις ἐρωτηθείς.
Αὐρήλιος Εἰρηνίων ο[…] μαρτυρῶ.
Αὐρήλιος Ψεννῆσις Ψάιτος μαρτυρῶ. ὅπερ χειρόγραϕον μοναχὸν αὐτῷ ἀναδεδωκέναι πρὸς δημοσίωσιν […]
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[fragment 4]
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συστατικῷ …[…]…[…]
Ἱέραξ Διονυσίδου […]
Ψεναμοῦνις ὁ καὶ […]
Αὐρήλιος Εἰρηνίων […]
… Αὐρήλιος Μαριανὸς Παάπιος.
Αὐρήλιος Βασιλείδης ὁ καὶ Σαραπόδωρος χρηματιστὴς κεχρημάτικα.Translations (1)
[fragment 1]
Year 4 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus […] outside the suburbs. Polydeukes, also called Mersis, freedman of Petechon and Petosiris, both sons of Petechon […], gravedigger from the city of the Hibites, acknowledges to Aurelius Sarapion also called Philosarapis that he has appointed him, as he sails down to Alexandria, to register publicly before the archidikastes a handwritten deed of the manumission made for him, of which this is a copy:
"Petechon and Petosiris, both sons of Petechon, to Polydeukes also called Mersis, gravedigger from the city of the Hibites, greeting. We acknowledge that we have set you free under Zeus, Earth and Sun, from now for all time, in return for the loyalty which you have shown towards us […] and that it shall not be permitted to us to bring a charge […] concerning slavery from now for all time […] to proceed against you concerning slavery or on behalf of […] because this is what we have decided; and that we have given you a third share of a house […] neighbours: on the south, a street […] by the manumission […]
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[fragment 2+3]
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[…] because this is what we have decided. This manumission has been written in two copies. Let it be valid and secure as if deposited in a public archive, and having been asked the formal question we acknowledged it. I, Aurelius […], wrote on their behalf […]
[…]
[…] We, Petechon and Petosiris, both sons of Petechon, the aforesaid, have made the aforesaid manumission on all the terms it contains. I, Aurelius Sarapion also called Philosarapis, wrote on their behalf, having been asked.
I, Aurelius Eirenion […], am witness.
I, Aurelius Psennesis son of Psais, am witness."
Which single handwritten deed he has handed over to him for public registration […]
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[fragment 4]
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to the representative […]
Hierax son of Dionysides […]
Psenamounis also called […]
Aurelius Eirenion […]
Aurelius Marianus son of Paapis.
I, Aurelius Basileides also called Sarapodoros, notary, have executed the document.
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