Application for Examination of a Slave with Appended Copy of Contract of Sale
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Application for examination of a slave with copy of contract of sale TM 12039Karanis (Arsinoites)207 A.D. (August/September, lines 2-5; June 11, line 6-7)
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End of an application, dated in Thoth of year 16 of Septimius Severus and Caracalla (AD 207), for the official examination of a slave, with a copy of the sale contract attached. The contract, made at Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia on 9 June 207, records that Morsolis bought from Petreius son of Antiochos a Pamphylian slave girl named Anilla, about 11 years old.
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Year 16 of the Emperors Caesars Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Arabicus Adiabenicus Parthicus Maximus and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius, Augusti,
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In the consulship of Lucius Septimius Aper and Annius Maximus, on the 5th day before the Ides of June, at Pompeiopolis, the metropolis of Paphlagonia, when Ap[…] the most illustrious was […], Morsolis son of Dis[…] bought from Petreius son of Antiochos [his slave named] Anilla, or by whatever other [name she is called, by birth a Pam]phylian, about eleven years old […]
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The appended sale was concluded in Asia Minor (Pompeiopolis, Paphlagonia) on 9 June 207, months before the application in Egypt. Slaves brought into Egypt had to be examined (anakrisis) by officials to confirm lawful ownership.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Application for Examination of a Slave with Appended Copy of Contract of Sale). 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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