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Fragments of a deed of sale from Dura-Europos, preserving the seller's guarantee clause against third-party claims with a penalty of double the price plus damages, a validity clause, the seller's subscription, and the signatures of witnesses who were members of the city council of Dura.
Most of the guarantee clause is restored from the standard formula of Dura sale contracts. The witnesses are described as councillors (bouleutai) of Dura.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Deed of Sale). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[FrA] […]ἐκδέχετε οὕτως, ἐάν τις ἐμποιηθεὶς ἐκνικῆται τὸ αὐτὸ ἀγόρασμα ἢ μέρος αὐτοῦ, αὐτὸν στάντα[…] καθαροποιήσειν καὶ ἀπολύσειν τῷ δεῖνι, ἐὰν δὲ μή, ἐκτείσειν αὐτῷ ἥν τε ἀπείληφεν τιμὴν διπλῆν καὶ τὸ βλάβος ὁμοίως· [FrB] […]καὶ ἥδε ἡ ὠνὴ μένῃ καὶ οὕτως κυρία. [FrC] […]…[…]ο[…]…
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