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Sale of a share of a three-storey house at Talei TM 15161Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptApril 24, 30 A.D.

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Subscriptions to a sale contract in which Didyme, acting with her husband Harpouonsis as guardian, sells to Marres son of Dionysios her one-third of a quarter share of a three-storey house with courtyard in Talei, acknowledging receipt of the price. Both parties were illiterate and signed through scribes; the document dates to 24 April AD 30, from Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

Year 16, Pharmouthi 29. I, Didyme daughter of Petesouchos son of Chambouchis, with my husband Harpouonsis son of Orseus as guardian, acknowledge that I have sold to Marres son of Dionysios son of Kambouchis the one-third share belonging to me of a one-fourth share of a three-storey house and courtyard and all their appurtenances in Talei, held in common and undivided, of which the neighbours of the whole house and courtyard are: of the house, on the south the house of Petermouthis son of Orseus, coppersmith; of the courtyard, the courtyard of Zenon son of Ptolemaios; on the north the house of Anoubion and his brother, fuller; on the west the courtyard of Zenon son of Ptolemaios; on the east the royal street. And I have received from Marres the agreed and fixed price of the share sold, in full, from hand to hand out of the house, and I will guarantee the sale with every guarantee against all public and private claims and of every kind, as stated above. Herodes son of Herodes wrote for them because they do not know letters. I, Marres son of Dionysios son of Kambouthis: the sale to me has taken place as stated above. Diodoros son of Ptolemaios wrote for him because he does not know letters.

Only the date and the parties' subscriptions were written; a blank space of about 18 cm left for the main body of the contract was never filled. The buyer's grandfather is spelled Kambouchis and Kambouthis in different places.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sale of Part of a House). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

Sale of Part of a House

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 635 · April 24, 30 A.D. · Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Subscriptions to a contract by which Didyme, daughter of Petesouchos, sells to Marres, son of Dionysios, her share of a three-story house in Talei; at the top of the papyrus is the date; a blank space of 18 cm was left to write the body of the contract

p.mich.5.257

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 24. Apr. 30 · Arsinoites

ιϛ ἔτους Φαρμοῦθι κθ Διδύμη Πετεσούχου Χαμβούχιος μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ ἀνδρός μου Ἁρπουώνσιος Ὀρσεῦτος ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι Μαρῆτι Διονυσίου Καμβούχιος τὸ ἐπιβάλλον μοι μέρος τρίτον ἀπὸ τετάρτου μέρους οἰκίας τριστέγου καὶ αὐλῆς καὶ τῶν συνκυρώντων πάντων ἐν Ταλεὶ κοινῶν καὶ ἀδιαιρέτων,…