Sale of one aroura of inherited tax-free land TM 19028Aphrodites kome (?) (Antaiopolites)AD 490-565

[…] […] son(?) of Dioskoros […], originating from the village of […] of the […] nome, but now residing in this […], I acknowledge through this my written security […] with irrevocable judgment and free choice, […] swearing by Almighty God and the divine and heavenly fortune of our triumphant master Flavius […] the eternal Augustus and Emperor […], that I have sold to you […] from now for all time to come […] by just and good faith and […] the property belonging to me from my parental inheritance and estate […], lying in the plain of the village of […] of the […] nome […] of the arouras held in partnership […] the completion of the same arouras […] the property being described thus […] of sown land free of taxes, 1 aroura. Its neighbours are: […] on the south, the farmland of the holy monastery […]; on the east […]; on the north, your farmland […]; and on the west […], or whatever the neighbours may be on every side. The price agreed upon and pleasing to both of us is […] full solidi of pure gold […], total […] gold solidi, which gold coins of the price I the seller have received […] from you the buyer […] from your hand into my hand, by count and weight […] from now for all and perpetual time […] of the tax-free sown aroura […] for which each year the property […] the public tax, which also […] so that you may have and own it with all its rights and all appurtenances, you beginning your ownership of this property from the present crops […] completely […] against anyone who proceeds against you or lays claim […] sown, and anyone who proceeds against you the buyer […] I will guarantee it to you with every guarantee […] and if I fail to guarantee it, I will pay you triple the price, and thereafter the present written sale remains valid and secure […] […]