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Advance sale of new wine from the vineyard of Dionysios at Theadelphia TM 10129Theadelphia (Arsinoites)2. Jan. 82

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A contract of advance sale in which three brothers, Dios, Osis and Herakles, acknowledge receiving from Theon also called Sokrates the price of 66 jars of new wine from the vineyard of Dionysios near Theadelphia, to be delivered at the vat in the month Kaisareios. It was drawn up at Theadelphia in the Arsinoite nome in January AD 82, with penalty clauses and a subscription by their writer Fronton.

In English machine translation

Year 1 of Imperator Caesar Domitian Augustus, month Dystros the seventh, Tybi 7, at Theadelphia of the Themistos division of the Arsinoite nome. Dios, aged about 27, with a scar on the first finger of the left hand, and Osis, aged about 24, with a scar on the left foot, and Herakles, aged about 20, with a scar on the left shin, the three sons of Herakles the younger, Persians of the Epigone, mutual sureties for payment, acknowledge to Theon also called Sokrates, son of Heron, aged about 31, without distinguishing mark, that they have received from him forthwith, from hand to hand, out of his house, the price of new wine from the vat, from the produce which they harvest near the aforesaid village of Theadelphia of the so-called vineyard of Dionysios, 66 Arsinoite jars, in bulk from the same vineyard, the delivery of which the acknowledging parties shall make to Theon in the month Kaisareios of the present first year at the vat, without any delay or excuse, Theon supplying the jars. If they do not deliver as written, let them pay forthwith with an additional half and interest, Theon having the right of execution upon the acknowledging parties, and upon whichever of them he chooses, and upon all their property, as if by a court judgment. Writer for the acknowledging parties: Fronton son of Papos, aged about 40, with a scar on the neck on the right. We, Dios and Osis and Herakles, the three sons of Herakles, Persians of the Epigone, mutual sureties for payment, acknowledge that we have received from Theon also called Sokrates son of Heron the price of new wine from the vat […] […]

"Persians of the Epigone" was a legal status label used in contracts, often for debtors, rather than an ethnic description. Kaisareios is the Roman-era name for the month Mesore (late summer), the vintage season.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Προαγορὰ ἐπὶ προκαταβολῇ τοῦ τιμήματος). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 2. Jan. 82 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

ἔτους πρώτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Δομιτιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ μηνὸς Δύστρου ἑβδόμῃ Τῦβι ζ, ἐν Θεαδελφίαι τῆς Θεμίστου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοΐτου νομοῦ. ὁμολογοῦσιν Δῖος ὡς ἐτῶν εἴκοσι ἑπτὰ οὐλὴ δακτύλῳ πρώτῳ χειρὸς ἀριστερᾶς καὶ Ὦσις ὡς ἐτῶν εἴκοσι τεσσάρων οὐλὴ ποδὶ ἀριστερῶι καὶ Ἡρακλῆς ὡ…