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p.oxy.41.2998 spätes IIIOxyrhynchos
Sale of a Camel via HGV-meta
Sale of a black male camel by a councillor of Oxyrhynchus. A sale contract in the form of a letter in which Aurelius Zoilos, a gymnasiarch and town councillor of Oxyrhynchus, sells a black male camel to Aurelius Kopres for 2 talents of silver. The camel is identified by its brand marks, and the seller acknowledges full payment. The end of the document is lost. machine translation
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- Sale of a Camel HGV-meta Oxyrhynchosspätes III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Αὐρήλιος Ζωίλος Θέωνος γυμνασίαρχος
βουλευτὴς τῆς λαμπρᾶς καὶ λαμπροτάτης Ὀξυρυγχειτῶν πόλεως καὶ ὡς χρηματίζω Αὐρηλίῳ Κοπρῇ Παστόιτος μητρὸς Ἑλένης ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως χαίρειν.
πέπρακά σοι κάμηλόν μου ἄρσενα
μελανόχροον, ἔχοντα χαρακτῆρα
ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ μέρους τοῦ τραχήλου
ισι καὶ εἰς τὸ χελύνιν ζ, τιμῆς
τῆς συμπεφωνημένης πρὸς
ἀλλήλους ἀργυρίου Σεβαστοῦ νομίσματος ταλάντων δύο , ἅπερ αὐτόθι
ἀπέσχον παρὰ σοῦ διὰ χειρὸς ἐκ
πλήρους. τὸν δʼ αὐτὸν κάμηλον
ἐντεῦθεν παρείληφας παρʼ ἐμοῦ
ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ πόλει, τοῦτον τοιοῦτον
ἀναπόρριφον καὶ ἀνεπίλημπτον
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
Aurelius Zoilos son of Theon, gymnasiarch, councillor of the glorious and most glorious city of the Oxyrhynchites, and however I am styled, to Aurelius Kopres son of Pastois, his mother being Helene, from the same city, greetings.
I have sold to you my male camel, black in colour, having a brand on the right side of the neck ισι and on the lip (?) ζ, for the price agreed between us of 2 talents of silver of imperial coinage, which I have received from you here and now from hand to hand in full. And you have taken over this same camel from me from this day in the same city, as it is, not subject to return and free from claims […]
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Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 30382 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;41;2998 tier-1
- HGV-Text 30382 tier-1
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