One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 10966

End of a sale contract with acknowledgement of a price of 400 drachmas TM 10966Arsinoites (?)6. Aug. 249

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The end of a sale contract in which the parties acknowledge full payment of an agreed price of 400 silver drachmas, followed by a description of one party, Aurelius Polydeukes, aged about 35. It is dated 6 August 249, under the emperors Philip, probably in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[...] of the agreed price of 400 silver drachmas in full, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. Aurelius Polydeukes, aged about 35, with a scar on the left cheek. Year 6, Mesore 13, of the Philippi.

Only the closing lines survive, so the object sold is unknown. The year is dated by the reign of Philip the Arab and his son Philip.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Frammento di un contratto di vendita). 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 · 6. Aug. 249 · Arsinoites (?)

συμπεφωνημένης τιμῆς ἀργυρίου δραχμῶν τετρακοσίων πλήρης καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα. Αὐρήλιος Πολυδεύκης ὡς ἐτῶν λε οὐλὴ μήλῳ ἀριστερῷ. ἔτους ϛ Μεσορὴ ιγ Φιλίππων