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A bank record of the sale of a female camel by Satabous son of Satabous to Satabous son of Harmachis, both of Soknopaiou Nesos, for 800 silver drachmas. The camel came from animals the seller had registered the previous year, and the buyer undertakes to register it in the coming camel census.
Camels in Roman Egypt had to be declared annually in an official registration (apographe), which is why the sale refers to past and future declarations. 'Not subject to return' (anaporriphos) means the buyer cannot reject the animal for defects.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἔτους πρώτου καὶ εἰκοστοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς […] διὰ τῆς Διοξένου τοῦ καὶ Σαραπίωνος τραπέζης Στοᾶς μος … Σαταβοῦς Σαταβοῦτος ἀπὸ κώμης Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου Σαταβοῦτι Ἁρμάχιος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης οὐλὴ ὀφρύι δεξιᾷ πεπρακέναι αὐτὸν τ…
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