Sale of a donkey by a veteran at Apias TM 11953Apias (Arsinoites)18. Dez. 141

[recto] Year 5 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, month Hadrianos 22, at Apias in the division of Themistos of the Arsinoite nome. Marcus Julius Apolinarius, discharged from military service, aged about 58, with a scar on the left eyebrow, acknowledges to Seimarion son of Sokrates, aged about 25, without distinguishing marks, that he, the acknowledging party, has sold to him the donkey belonging to him, with its first teeth (?), just as it is, not returnable, and that the acknowledging party has received the agreed price of 340 silver drachmas immediately from hand to hand, and the acknowledging party will guarantee it with every guarantee. Writer for the acknowledging party: Gaius Petronius Firmus, aged about 34, snub-nosed, with a scar on the right eye. I, Marcus Julius Apolinarius, have sold the donkey and have received the price of 340 silver drachmas and will guarantee it as stated above. I, Gaius Petronius Firmus, wrote also on his behalf since he is illiterate. Registered through the record office of Philopator and Apias. [verso] Sale of a donkey.