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Final part of a contract for the sale of a donkey for 39 talents of silver, in which the seller acknowledges payment in full and guarantees the buyer's title against any claimant. It was drawn up at Oxyrhynchus on 15 April 316, and the seller, an Aurelius Sy[…], begins his signed subscription at the end.
The beginning, with the parties' names and the description of the donkey, is lost. The word 'teleion' probably describes the animal as full-grown.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Kaufvertrag über einen Esel). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
…[…]… τέλειον […]…[…]ς τιμῆς τῆς συμπεφωνημένης πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀργυρίου Σεβαστοῦ νομίσματος ταλάντων τριάκοντα ἐννέα ταλάντων λθ, ἅπερ αὐτόθι ἀπέχω παρὰ σοῦ ἐκ πλήρους διὰ χειρός, τὸν δʼ αὐτὸν ὄνον βεβαιώσω σοι πάσῃ βεβαιώσει, καὶ τὸν ἐπελευσόμενόν σοι τούτου χάριν ἐπάναγκον ἀποστ…
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