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Sale of a branded camel from Dionysias TM 11810Arsinoites1. Juli 136

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A contract in which Anchorimphis son of Ammon of Dionysias in the Arsinoite nome acknowledges selling a red male camel, branded TA on the right jaw, to Ptolemaios of the metropolis for 600 silver drachmas. It is dated 1 July AD 136.

In English machine translation

Anchorimphis son of Ammon, from the village of Dionysias in the Arsinoite nome, [...]hemeria(?) to Ptolemaios [...] of the metropolis [...], greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you a male camel, red, without milk teeth (?), branded on the right jaw with tau alpha, and I have received the agreed price of 600 drachmas of silver, total 600 drachmas, and I will guarantee it with every guarantee, such as it is, not to be returned. Year 20 of Traianus Hadrianus Caesar the lord, Epeiph 7.

Abolos, literally 'not having shed (teeth)', describes the animal's age; 'anaporriphos' means the sale is final and the camel cannot be returned on account of 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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 1. Juli 136 · Arsinoites

Ἀγχορίμφις Ἄμμωνος ἀπὸ κὼμης Διονυσιάδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ[…]ημερίας Πτολεμαίῳ …[…]υ … τῆς μητροπόλεως … χαίρειν· ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι σοι κάμηλον ἄρρενα πυρρὰν ἄβολον κεχαραγμένον δεξιὰν σιαγόνα ταῦ ἄλφα καὶ ἀπέχω τὴν συμπεφωνημένην τιμὴν ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ἑξακοσίας γίνονται δρ…