Sale of Part of a House and Courtyard
Subscriptions to a contract by which Tamystha, daughter of Orseus and Tapettheus, sells two fifths of a two-story house and courtyard in Talei to her son Dionysios
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Subscriptions to a sale contract in which Tamystha, acting with her husband Polemon as guardian, sells to her son Dionysios two fifths of an inherited two-storied house and courtyard in the village of Talei. The buyer acknowledges the sale; both parties were illiterate and had scribes write for them. The text dates to about AD 37 and comes from the Arsinoite nome (Tebtynis).
This is a duplicate copy of the subscriptions only, not the full contract body. The buyer is evidently the seller's own son, as his parents' names match the seller and her husband.
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 and Courtyard). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Subscriptions to a contract by which Tamystha, daughter of Orseus and Tapettheus, sells two fifths of a two-story house and courtyard in Talei to her son Dionysios
Ταμύσθα Ὀρσεῦτος μητρὸς Ταπετθεῦτος μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ ἀνδρός μου Πουλέμωνος τοῦ Διονυσίου μητρὸς Ταανουβίωνος ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι Διονυσίῳ Πολέμωνος μητρὸς Ταμύσθας τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μοι μέρη δύο ἀπὸ μερῶν πέντε πατρικῆς οἰκίας διστέγου καὶ αὐλῆς καὶ τῶν συνκυρόντων πάντων κοινῶν καὶ ἀδι…
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