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Sale of a quarter share of a house by Aurelia Takysis TM 20298Kellis (Oasis Magna)

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A deed of sale in which Aurelia Takysis sells a quarter share of a house in her village to a fellow villager named Aurelius, for 2 talents. Written at Kellis in the Dakhleh Oasis in AD 320, it was signed on her behalf by a literate man because she could not write, and witnessed by Aurelius Psais.

In English machine translation

[Fragment 1] Aurelia Takysis […] from the village […] to Aurelius […] from the same village, now living in […], greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you […] from now for all time, from the property belonging to me […] a fourth part of a house in the […] parts of the village […] through the […] bank […] Agathos […] from the Aurelii […]sidos, former magistrate […] [… lines lost …] [Fragment 2] [… lines lost …] [The sale is valid], written in two copies, with the signature of the person signing on my behalf, and secure as if deposited in a public archive, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. In the consulship of our lords Constantine Augustus for the 6th time and Constantine the most illustrious Caesar for the 1st time, Pachon 20, according to […] I, Aurelia Takysis, the aforementioned, have sold the aforementioned fourth part of a house and have received the price in 2 talents, total 2 talents, in full as stated above, and I will guarantee it with every guarantee, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. I, Aurelius […] from the same village, wrote on her behalf since she does not know letters, and I executed the deed. I, Aurelius Psais […], witnessed everything as stated above.

The date is given by the consulship of Constantine Augustus (6th) and Constantine Caesar (1st), corresponding to AD 320; Pachon 20 equals 15 May. The price of 2 talents reflects the heavily inflated currency of the period.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sale of Part of a House). 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.kellis.1.37

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Kellis (Oasis Magna)

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