One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 11218
Sale of a mouse-coloured donkey by two brothers to Satabous TM 11218Arsinoites5. Febr. 70
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A short sale contract in which the brothers Dorion and Sambas, sons of Herakleides, sell a mouse-grey donkey to Satabous son of Satabous and acknowledge receipt of the price. Sambas adds a confirming subscription. It was written in the Arsinoite nome on 5 February AD 70.
In English machine translation
Dorion and Sambas, both sons of Herakleides, to Satabous son of Satabous, greetings. We have sold you, from the donkeys belonging to us, one mouse-coloured donkey, docked (?), as it is, full-grown, such as it is, not returnable, and we have received the price.
I, Sambas son of Herakleides, have jointly received as stated above and have jointly sold.
Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus, Mecheir 11.
"Kolobos" literally means "docked" or "mutilated", probably referring to a cropped tail or ears. "Anaporiphon" means the buyer cannot return the animal, a standard sale-as-is clause.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Contrat de vente d’âne). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.gen.1.23
p.gen.1.2ed.23
Δωρίων καὶ Σαμβᾶς ἀμφότεροι Ἡρακλείδου Σαταβοῦτι Σαταβοῦτος χαίρειν. πεπράκαμέν σοι ἀπὸ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων ἡμῖν ὀνικῶν κτηνῶν ὄνον ἕνα μυόχρουν κολοβὸν ἀνʼ ἅ ἐστιν, τέλειον τοῦτον τοιοῦτον ἀναπόριφον καὶ ἀπέχομεν τὴν τιμήν. Σαμβᾶς Ἡρακλείδου συναπέσχηκα ὡς πρόκειται καὶ συνπέπρακα. ἔ…