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Advance sale of 400 bundles of reeds by a vinedresser of Tanamey TM 16146Hermopolis15. Juni 617

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A contract of sale with advance payment in which Aurelius Petros, a vinedresser from the hamlet of Tanamey in the Hermopolite nome, acknowledges receiving payment from Flavius Victor of Hermopolis for 400 bundles of reeds to be delivered in Mecheir. He promises a penalty in gold if he fails to deliver; the deed is dated in the reign of Heraclius, 15 June 617.

In English machine translation

[recto] † In the name of the holy and life-giving […] † In the reign of our most divine and most serene and God-crowned master Flavius Heraclius, the eternal Augustus, Emperor and greatest benefactor, year seven, Pauni 21, of the sixth indiction. † Aurelius Petros son of Paulos, his mother being Agnoia, vinedresser from the hamlet of Tanamey in the Hermopolite nome, † to Flavius Victor the most reverend, son of the late Kyros, from the city of the Hermopolites, greetings. I acknowledge that I have received and been paid in full by you the complete and proper price of 400 bundles of reeds, total 400 bundles of reeds, which I shall deliver to you in the month of Mecheir of the present sixth indiction, in new, good, long and select reeds, from the […] reeds 50 to each bundle, and from the folded (?) reeds […] to each bundle, without excuse. If I do not give you the same reeds by the same deadline, I shall pay you for their price […] gold solidi […] at my own risk and from the resources of all my property. This document is valid and secure, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. I, Aurelius Petros the aforesaid, have made this […]. I, […], wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. † I, Aurelius Phoibammon […] from Hermopolis, witness the document, having heard it from the party who made it. † † I, Aurelius […] son of Kyros, from Hermopolis, witness the document, having heard it from the party who made it. † […] notary […] † [verso] Deed concerning 400 bundles of reeds […] made by Petros son of Paulos […] of the hamlet of Tanamey in the Hermopolite nome.

Sales with advance payment like this were in effect credit arrangements, the buyer paying now for goods delivered months later. The number of reeds per bundle for the second type and the penalty amount are lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Kauf von Schilfrohr gegen Vorauszahlung). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 15. Juni 617 · Hermopolis

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