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Sale for four gold solidi with witness subscriptions TM 19339Hermopolis (?)471 (?)

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End of a sale contract in which a woman acknowledges receiving a price of 4 gold solidi. Aurelius Sarapion wrote for her because she was illiterate, and three witnesses from Hermopolis, including a town councillor, attest the sale and payment; the notary Ioannes completed the document. It probably dates to AD 471 at Hermopolis.

In English machine translation

[A, fragment] […] wage (?) […] in full […] [A, centre] […] the (sum) of the case (?), 4 gold solidi […] and having been paid in full I have received the sale price. I, Aurelius Sarapion son of Theodoros, from Hermopolis, having been asked, wrote on her behalf, she being present and telling me, since she does not know letters. I, Aurelius Theophoros son of Hermion, from Hermopolis, was present and bear witness to the sale and the payment of the 4 solidi. I, Aurelius Herminos son of Palladios, from Hermopolis, was present and bear witness to the sale and the payment of the 4 solidi. I, Flavius son of Honnorios, councillor from Hermopolis, bear witness to the sale and the payment of the price of the 4 solidi. † Written by me, Ioannes. […]

The phrase rendered 'of the case' (tes dikes) is uncertain in context, and the opening of the contract with the object sold is lost. The solidus (nomisma) was the standard late Roman gold coin.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Verkauf). 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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p.bad.4.91a

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 471 (?) · Hermopolis (?)

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