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Sale of a donkey by a villager of Skinepoeis TM 15839Hermopolis22. Dez. 331

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A contract in which Aurelius Gounthos, a villager from Skinepoeis in the Lykopolite nome, sells a young sand-coloured male donkey to a man of Hermopolis, son of Isidoros, for 40 talents of silver. It was written at Hermopolis on 22 December 331, and a literate man signed for the illiterate seller.

In English machine translation

[recto] Aurelius Gounthos son of Pamounis, his mother being […], aged about […], with a scar on the index finger of the left hand, from the village of Skinepoeis in the Lykopolite nome, to Aurelius […] son of Isidoros, from Hermopolis the most splendid, greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you for all time my male donkey, sand-coloured, with its first teeth (?), which I have handed over to you in the same Hermopolis, for the price agreed between us of 40 talents of silver of imperial coinage, total 40 talents of silver, which I receive from you here and now from hand to hand in full; and I will guarantee it to you with every guarantee against anyone who will proceed against it or lay claim to it at any time. The sale is valid, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. In the consulship of Iunius Bassus and Flavius Ablabius, the most illustrious prefects, Choiak 25. I, Aurelius Gounthos son of Pamounis, have sold the donkey and received the price and will guarantee it as stated above. I, Aurelius Theodoros son of Dion, wrote on his behalf because he does not know letters. [verso] […] Skinepoeis […]

The word restored as 'protobolon' describes an animal that has cut its first teeth, i.e. a young donkey. The price is in talents, the inflated accounting unit of 4th-century Egyptian currency.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Verkauf eines Esels). 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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cpr.7.36

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 22. Dez. 331 · Hermopolis

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