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Application for deposit of a deed of sale of a house at Philadelphia TM 11297ArsinoitesDez. 307

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A copy of an application by Aurelia Tapais (?), of Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, asking that a public deed recording her purchase of a small one-storeyed house and courtyard from the five children of Papnouthios be deposited in the archive. It dates to December 307.

In English machine translation

In the consulship of our lord Maximinus the most illustrious Caesar. Copy. From Aurelia Tapais (?), daughter of Patermouthios, her mother being Thaisas, from the village of Philadelphia of the division of Herakleides. I bought, in accordance with a public deed drawn up here in the Arsinoite on the present day, in the same village of Philadelphia, a small one-storeyed house and courtyard, at a price of 1 talent of silver and […], from the Aurelii Gounthos and Atari (?), the latter acting without a guardian by the right of children and […], with her guardian, her husband Aurelius Nemesion son of Julius, his mother being Theodora, and Tauetis and Sambathous (?), the two minors, with their guardian, their aforementioned brother Aurelius Gounthos, the five children of Papnouthios, their mother being Tanilla, all from the village of A[…] of the division of Herakleides, not registered. Therefore I submit (this) so that the deposition may take place in accordance with the copy of the deed that I have deposited […] [… 3 lines lost …] [subscription] Aur[…] [… 2 lines lost …]

Parathesis was the official deposit of a copy of a contract in the public record office. Many names, including the applicant's, are restored by the editor.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Demande de παράθεσις). 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 · Dez. 307 · Arsinoites

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