One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 11760

Sale of a female camel by Kasis son of Kasios TM 11760Terenuthis (Prosopites) bzw. Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)19. Aug. 142

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A sale contract in which Kasis son of Kasios sells a branded reddish female camel at Terenuthis to a man from Soknopaiou Nesos for 524 silver drachmas. It is dated 19 August 142 under Antoninus Pius.

In English machine translation

Kasis son of Kasios, Kasiote, […] to […] son of Sotas(?), of those from Soknopaiou Nesos, greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you at Terenuthis the female camel belonging to me, reddish, branded on the right thigh with a kappa, and I have received the agreed price of 524 silver drachmas, total 524 drachmas, and you have received it as it is, not to be returned, and I will guarantee it to you with every guarantee. I, Philadelphos son of K[…], wrote the body (of the document), [your] name being signed below(?). Year 5 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Mesore 26. I, Kasis son of Kasios, have sold as stated above.

Written at Terenuthis, but the buyer was from Soknopaiou Nesos, where the papyrus was probably found. The word 'four' in the price was omitted by the scribe and is supplied from the numeral 524.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 19. Aug. 142 · Terenuthis (Prosopites) bzw. Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

Κάσις Κασίου Κασιώτης … Σώτου τῶν ἀπὸ Νήσου Σεκνεπαίου χαίρειν· ὁμολογῶ ἐν Θερενουθὶ πεπρακέναι σοι τὴν ὑπάρχουσάν μοι κάμηλον θήλειαν πυρρὰν κεχαραγμένην μηρῷ δεξιῷ κάππα καὶ ἀπέσχον τὴν συμπεφωνημένην τιμὴν ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς πεντακοσίας εἴκοσι τέσσαρας γίνονται δραχμαὶ φκδ καὶ π…

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · 19. Aug. 142 · Terenuthis (Prosopites) bzw. Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)