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bgu.4.1059 Alexandria (Ägypten)
Vertrag über den Kauf einer Sklavin via HGV-meta
Sale of the slave woman Mousa by Laodike to Philotera. A synchoresis (agreement filed before the court official Protarchos) at Alexandria in which Laodike, a Macedonian woman, acknowledges payment from Philotera, an Alexandrian citizen, and transfers to her the Egypt-born slave woman Mousa, about 35, with guarantees and penalties. Below follow fragmentary notes about rents in grain on 117 arouras of land. machine translation
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- Vertrag über den Kauf einer Sklavin HGV-meta Alexandria (Ägypten)
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Πρωτάρχωι τῶι ἐπὶ τοῦ κριτηρίου
παρὰ Φιλωτέρας τῆς Ἀντιόχου ἀστῆς μετὰ κυρίου
καὶ παρὰ Λαοδίκης τῆς Λυσίου Μακέτας μετὰ κυρίου
τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Μάρκου Σολπικίου Πρωτάρχου περὶ τῶν διεσταμένων
συνχωρεῖ ἡ Λαοδίκη ἀπεσχηκέναι παρὰ τῆς Φιλωτέρας διὰ χειρὸς ἐξ οἴκου
τὸ ἑσταμένον κεφάλαιον, παρακεχωρηκέναι αὐτῇ τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν αὐτῇ
δούλην ᾗ ὄνομα Μοῦσα ἐνγενῆ Αἰγύπτωι, ἧς τὰ ἔτη καὶ αἱ εἰκόνες ὑπόκεινται, ἥνπερ καὶ παρείληφεν ἡ Φιλωτέρα ἀσυκοφάντητον πλὴν ἱερᾶς νόσου
καὶ ἐπαφῆς ταξαμένη τὸ τέλος εἰς τὰ ἀνδράποδα. κρατεῖν καὶ κυριεύειν αὐτὴν
Φιλωτέραν τῆς δούλης καὶ ἄλλοις παραχωρεῖν καὶ ὡς ἐὰν θέλῃ ἐπιτελεῖν,
μηδεμίαν δὲ τῇ Λαοδίκῃ μήδʼ ἄλλῳ ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς μηδενὶ καταλείπεσθαι
ἔφοδον ἐπὶ τὴν δούλην, βεβαιοῦν δὲ καὶ πᾶσαν μὲν εἰσελευσομένην
ἀποστήσειν παραχρῆμα τοῖς ἰδίοις δαπανήμασι, ἐὰν δέ τι τούτων παραβαίνῃ
χωρὶς τοῦ κύρια εἶναι τὰ συνκεχωρημένα ἔτι καὶ προσεκτίνειν αὐτὴν Φιλωτέρᾳ
κεφάλαιον σὺν ἡμιολίᾳ καὶ τὰ βλάβη καὶ δαπανήματα καὶ ἄλλας ἐπιτίμων
ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς πεντακοσίας καὶ τὸ ὡρισμένον πρόστιμον καθάπερ ἐκ δίκης,
δρασμὸς δὲ καὶ θάνατος τῆς δούλης ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν οὐκ ὄντων πρὸς τὴν
Λαοδίκην, ἀναδέδωκεν δὲ ἡ Φιλωτέρα ἣν εἶχεν εἰς ἑαυτὴν ἀσφάλειαν.
ἔστιν δὲ ἡ δούλη Μοῦσα ὡς ἐτῶν τριάκοντα πέντε μέση μελίχρως
μακροπρόσωπος εὐθύρριν οὐλὴ γενείωι ἐξ ἀριστερῶν
ἔτι δὲ αγα… ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίῳ καὶ Μενάνδρου ὀφειλ ἀφʼ ἧς πεποιήμεθα αλ …αρ…
καταγειοχέναι τὸ ἐκφόριον ἐνταῦθα ἀκολούθως καὶ ᾧ
ἔχουσιν λόγῳ ολ ἀρούρας ριζ
καρπὸν δὲ διειλ …αμνε ὑφη εἰς τὸν ὑπ… λόγου ἀρτάβ ψξ
καὶ […] τραπεζ …… Χαρίνου καταγειοχέναι ἐνταῦθα τὸ ἐκφόριον ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀμμωνίου καὶ Μενάνδρου
ἀρούρας ριζ
Δῖος Ἀριστέου Ἀλθαιεύς
Ἀπολλωνίωι …
λογ ἀρταβ ολ …
…
…Translations (1)
[recto]
To Protarchos, the official in charge of the court,
from Philotera daughter of Antiochos, citizen, with her guardian,
and from Laodike daughter of Lysias, Macedonian, with her guardian
her brother Marcus Sulpicius Protarchos, concerning the matters in dispute.
Laodike agrees that she has received from Philotera, from hand to hand out of the house,
the agreed capital sum, and that she has ceded to her the slave woman belonging to her
named Mousa, born in Egypt, whose age and description are set out below, whom Philotera has also taken over free of any claim, except for epilepsy
and seizure (?), having paid the tax on slaves. Philotera herself is to hold and own
the slave and to cede her to others and to deal with her as she wishes,
and no claim on the slave is to be left to Laodike or to anyone else on her behalf; and she is to guarantee her and to repel at once any claimant
at her own expense; and if she transgresses any of these terms,
besides the agreed terms remaining valid, she is further to pay to Philotera
the capital sum plus half again, and the damages and expenses, and in addition as penalty
500 drachmas of silver and the prescribed fine, as if by a court judgment;
but flight and death of the slave from now on are not Laodike's responsibility.
Philotera has returned the security which she held in her own favour.
The slave Mousa is about 35 years old, of medium height, honey-coloured complexion,
long-faced, straight-nosed, with a scar on the chin on the left.
And further […] ⟦was written for us⟧ by Apollonios and Menandros owed (?) from which we have made […]
to have brought down the rent here accordingly and in the account which they have […] 117 arouras
and the produce […] into the […] account, 760 artabas
and […] bank (?) […] of Charinos to have brought down the rent here by Ammonios and Menandros
117 arouras
Dios son of Aristeas, of the deme Althaieus
To Apollonios […]
account (?) artabas […]
[…]
[…]
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 18504 primary
- DDbDP-Text bgu;4;1059 tier-1
- HGV-Text 18504 tier-1
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