p.bodl.1.104
ἔτους α […] Ζωίς Σαραπ[…] τῆς Χαιρήμονος[…] Ὑπήλλαξές μοι …[…] ὑπὸ μνημίου […]…[…] αμ…εμονος α…[…] δελφείαν ε[…] τῷ υἱῷ Αὐλ[…] θυγάτρι Θε[…] φερνὴν χ[…] Καίσαρος Νέρουα Τραιανοῦ[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 10237
Fragment of a mortgage mentioning Zois and a dowry TM 10237Arsinoites28. Jan. - 28. Aug. 98
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Fragmentary opening of a document from the Arsinoite nome, apparently a mortgage (hypallagma) addressed to a woman named Zois, mentioning a son, a daughter and a dowry. It is dated to year 1 of the emperor Trajan (AD 98).
In English machine translation
Year 1 […]
Zois, daughter of Sarap[…]
[…] of Chairemon […]
You mortgaged to me […]
under a record (?) […] […]
[…] […]
[…] (sister?)hood (?) […]
to the son Aul[…]
to the daughter The[…]
dowry […]
of Caesar Ne[rva Trajan] […]
The verb hypallasso refers to pledging property as security, so the identification as a mortgage of land is plausible but uncertain. The word read as 'record' (mnemion) and the term ending in -delpheia are too damaged to interpret securely.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Mortgage of Land (?)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.