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Contract of sale in which Cheones son of Mysthes sells to Harpagathes son of Pakysis a mouse-coloured female donkey and her black male foal for 88 silver drachmas. It was drawn up in the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome in the summer of AD 144, possibly at Kerkesoucha.
The village name in the dating clause is illegible, so Kerkesoucha is only a conjecture. "Not subject to return" renders anaporriphos, a guarantee that the animals cannot be rejected for defects after sale.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Verkauf von Eseln). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἔτους ἑβδόμου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς μηνὸς Γορπιαίου Ἐπεὶφ …………οις τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ. ὁμολογεῖ Χεώνης Μύσθου τοῦ Ἁρπαγάθου ὡς ἐτῶν λη οὐλὴ ὀφρύι δεξιᾷ ἀπὸ ἀμφόδου Πρώτων Χηνοβοσχίων Ἁρπαγάθῃ Πακύσεως ὡς ἐτ…
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