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Sale of grain land in the Oxyrhynchite nome TM 19480Oxyrhynchites

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A sale contract from the Oxyrhynchite nome in which Aurelia Sarapous, acting with her husband as guardian, sells grain-bearing land from a former cleruchic holding to Aurelia Kopria of Oxyrhynchus. The price was paid through a bank, and the seller guarantees the land free from public and private burdens.

In English machine translation

Aurelia Sarapous, daughter of Ploutammon, her mother being […], from […], with her husband and guardian Aurelius […], son of Hatres, his mother being Tap[…], from […], to Aurelia Kopria, daughter of Moros, her mother being […], from the illustrious and most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites, greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold and ceded to you from now for all time the […] grain-bearing arouras belonging to me, formerly of so-and-so […] son of Sarapammon, in the area of the same […], from the holding of so-and-so and Pythagoras, whose neighbours are shown by the descriptions of location in the countryside. The price agreed between us for the aforesaid arouras, […] drachmas of silver of the coinage of the Augusti, total […] silver drachmas, I have received on the spot, which were transferred to me through the bank, and on being asked by you, the buyer, about the transfer I acknowledged it. Therefore from now on you are to possess and own, with your descendants and those who will succeed you, the arouras sold to you, and have the right to use, manage and administer them as you choose. These arouras […] I will guarantee to you for all time against all claims with every guarantee, and free from royal and estate cultivation and any other kind, and from every public and private debt […] and from […] the […] for them […] all of them […] […]

Much of the formulaic text is restored from parallel sale contracts; the area, price and names of the former owners are lost. The 'Aurelius/Aurelia' names point to a date after AD 212.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Immobiliarkaufvertrag). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.giss.1.100

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Oxyrhynchites

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