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ἔτους α Πουβλίου Ἑλβίου Περτίνακος Σεβαστοῦ Φαμενὼθ κδ ἐν ἀγορᾷ μητροπόλεως πέπρακεν Α[…]μις Φ[…]…ηβεις ὡς ἐτῶν ξε ἀπὸ τοῦ Λητοπολίτου νόμου δραχμῶν σθ ὄνον μυόχρουν διὰ Λεκ…βερος τοῦ Ἀτρῆτος.
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Record of sale of a mouse-coloured donkey TM 110052Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)20. März 193
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A brief record of the sale of a mouse-grey donkey in the market of the metropolis of the Arsinoite nome (Ptolemais Euergetis) in the short reign of Pertinax. The seller, a man of about 65 from the Letopolite nome, received 209 drachmas, and the sale was made through an agent or broker, son of Hatres.
In English machine translation
Year 1 of Publius Helvius Pertinax Augustus, Phamenoth 24, in the market of the metropolis.
A[…]mis son of Ph[…]ebeis, aged about 65, from the Letopolite nome, has sold for 209 drachmas a mouse-coloured donkey, through Lek…ber son of Hatres.
Pertinax reigned only from January to March 193, so documents dated by him are rare. The person named after "through" is probably a market broker or intermediary rather than the buyer.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sale of a Donkey). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.