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Sale of a black female donkey TM 10700Philadelphia (?) (Arsinoites)19. Febr. 223

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A contract in which Aurelius Dios of Neilopolis acknowledges selling a black female donkey to Aurelius Aion of Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome for 600 drachmas, with a guarantee of title. It is dated 19 February 223, in the reign of Severus Alexander.

In English machine translation

Aurelius Dios son of Somphthis, from Neilopolis, to Aurelius Aion son of Poseis, from the village of Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you a black female donkey […] for the price of 600 drachmas, which drachmas I have also received from hand to hand, in full count, and I will guarantee it against anyone who will proceed against or lay claim to it, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, Mecheir 25. I, Aurelius Dios son of Somphthis, have sold and received the price as stated above. Aurelius […] who also wrote the body of the text […] […]

Several words after the description of the donkey are illegible, probably giving further description of the animal. The end of the subscription, naming the scribe, is damaged.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Vente d’une ânesse). 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 · 19. Febr. 223 · Philadelphia (?) (Arsinoites)

Αὐρήλιος Δῖος Σομφθέως ἀπὸ Νείλου πόλεως Αὐρηλίῳ Αἰώνι Πόσειτος ἀπὸ κώμης Φιλαδελφίας τοῦ Ἀρσενοείτου νομοῦ χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι σοι ὄνον μελαίνην εγχ…… τιμῆς δραχμῶν ἑξακοσίων ἅσπερ δραχμὰς καὶ ἔσχον διὰ χειρὸς ἀριθμοῦ πλήρης καὶ βεβαιώσω ἀπὸ παντὸς τοῦ ἐπελευσομένου ἢ ἐμ…