Sale of a half share in a white foal TM 20296Kellis (Oasis Magna)27. Nov. 315

[recto] Aurelius Tou son of Besaponyx, from the village of Keramion of the city of the Mothites, to Aurelius Horos son of Mersis, from the village of Kellis of the same city, greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you from now for all time the half share belonging to me of a white foal, this one just as it is, not liable to rejection and free from claims, which came to me from [...] my late father (?), for the price agreed between us of 2 talents 3,000 drachmas of silver of the coinage of the Augusti in nummi, total 2 talents 3,000 drachmas, which I received from you today from hand to hand in full. I consent and am satisfied, and I shall guarantee it with every guarantee, so that from now on you, the buyer, shall possess and own the half of a foal sold to you by me [...] on behalf of your share the aforementioned share, and have the right to manage and deal with it [...] in whatever way you choose, the guarantee remaining with me, the seller, at all times against anyone who shall make a claim. Let the sale, written in a single copy with the subscription of the one subscribing for me, be valid and secure as if deposited in a public archive, and having been asked I agreed. In the consulship of our masters Constantine and Licinius Augusti, for the 4th time, Mecheir 25 according to the Egyptians. I, Aurelius Tou son of Besaponyx, to Aurelius Horos the aforementioned: I have sold to you the half of a foal and have received the price, 2 1/2 talents in nummi of the coinage, total 2 talents 3,000 drachmas, and I shall guarantee it to you as aforesaid, and having been asked I agreed as aforesaid. Aurelius Psais son of [...]ios, from the village of Kellis, wrote on his behalf because he does not know letters. [verso] Sale of half of a foal of Tou son of Besaponyx.