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o.berenike.2.125 26 July, A.D. 61
Sale of a Donkey via APIS-papyrus
Sale of a white male donkey with pack-saddle. A contract of sale written on an ostracon at Berenike on the Red Sea in AD 61, in which Horos son of Komaros sells a white male donkey with its pack-saddle to Nektharautes son of Haryothes for 160 silver drachmas. Horos guarantees the buyer against any later claims and adds his own signed confirmation. machine translation
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TM 89151.
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- Sale of a Donkey APIS-papyrus This document was discovered in a 26 July, A.D. 61
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Ἐν Βερενίκηι τῆι πρὸς τῆι ἐρυθρᾶι θαλάσσηι ἔτους ζ ἱεροῦ Νέρωνος Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος
Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος Μεσορὴι β· Ὧρος Κομάρου τοῦ Γερμύλλου
Νεκθαραῦτι Ἁρυώθου χαίρειν· ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι σοι καὶ ἀπεσχηκέναι με
παρὰ σοῦ ἐνταῦθα διὰ χειρὸς ἐξ οἴκου τιμὴν τοῦ ὑπάρχοντός μοι ὄνου σὺν σάγματι ἄρρενος λευκοῦ τοῦτον τοιοῦτον ἀναπόριφον ἀργυρίου σεβαστῶν καὶ Πτολεμαικοῦ νομίσματος δραχμὰς ἑκατὸν ἑξήκοντα, γίνονται ἀργυρίου ρξ, ἐὰν δέ τις σοὶ ἐνκαλέσηι ἢ ἐπελθῆι ἢ ἄλλος ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ἐπὶ σὲ ἢ ἐπὶ τοὺς παρὰ σοῦ μήτε αὐτὸν ἐμὲ μήτε τοὺς παρ’ ἐμοῦ τρόπῳ μηδενὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ σημαινομένου
ὄνου ἢ τιμῆς αὐτοῦ ἢ μέρους, τὸν δὲ ἐπελευσόμενον ἐγὼ αὐτὸς
ἀποστήσω ἐπάνανκα τοῖς ἰδίοις δαπανήμασι ἢ ἐκτίσω ἣν μὲν εἴληφα παρὰ σοῦ τιμὴν παράχρημα ἀνυπερθέτως καὶ εἰς τὸ δημόσιον
τὰς ἴσας καὶ ὃ ἐὰν εἰσπραχθῇς τούτου χάριν ἢ δαπάνας ποιήσηι. ἥδε ὁμολογία ἥδεδε κυρία ἔστω τῆς πράσεως καὶ ἔννομος πανταχοῦ
ἐπιφερομένη ὡς ἐν δημοσίωι κατακεχωρισμένη. Ὧρος Κομάρου
τοῦ Γερμάλου πέπρακα καὶ ἀπέχω τὴν τιμὴν ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς
ἑκατὸν ἑξήκοντα δραχμὰς ρξ τιμὴν τοῦ ὑπάρχοντός μοι ὄνον ἄρσενος
καθὼς πρόκειται. ἔτους ζ Νέρωνος Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ
[…]…[…]…ριων… ἔτους ζ ἱεροῦ Νέρωνος Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ
Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος Μεσορὴ β.
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λυδTranslations (1)
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In Berenike on the Red Sea, year 7 of the sacred Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, Mesore 2. Horos son of Komaros, grandson of Germyllos, to Nektharautes son of Haryothes, greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you and have received from you here, by hand, from the house, the price of the male white donkey belonging to me, with pack-saddle, just as it is, not subject to return, 160 drachmas of silver in imperial and Ptolemaic coinage, total 160 silver drachmas. If anyone brings a claim against you or proceeds against you or those acting for you, either I myself or another on my behalf or those acting for me, in any way concerning the said donkey or its price or part of it, I myself will of necessity repel the claimant at my own expense, or I will repay the price I have received from you immediately without delay, and an equal sum to the public treasury, and whatever you are made to pay on this account or whatever expenses you incur. This agreement is to be valid for the sale and lawful wherever it is produced, as if registered in a public office.
I, Horos son of Komaros, grandson of Germalos, have sold and received the price of 160 drachmas of silver, 160 drachmas, the price of the male donkey belonging to me, as stated above. Year 7 of Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.
[…] year 7 of the sacred Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, Mesore 2.
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- TM-Text 89151 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.berenike;2;125 tier-1
- HGV-Text 89151 tier-1
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