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Manumission of a third share of the slave Apollonous TM 20421Oxyrhynchos91 CE – 107 CE

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A deed of manumission from Oxyrhynchus in Domitian's tenth year (AD 91), by which the brothers Achilleus and Sarapas, sons of Ammonios, free their one-third share of the slave woman Apollonous, whose other two thirds had already been freed. The ransom of 200 silver drachmas plus copper was paid by Heraklas son of Tryphon, who renounces any claim to recover it from her.

In English machine translation

[recto] In the tenth year of Imperator [Caesar Domitian] Augustus Germanicus, Hype[rberetaios] intercalary day 6, Augustus day, of the month Kaisareios intercalary [day 6, Augustus day, at O]xyrhynchus city in the Thebaid, [before the agorano]moi of the three Psammia. There have set free under Zeus, E[arth and Sun, Achilleus], aged about 20, of medium height, honey-coloured, l[ong-faced], [with a scar] in the middle of the forehead, and Sarap[as, aged about …, of medium height], honey-coloured, [long-faced, with a scar …] left […], [both …] (sons) [of] Ammonios, their mother being Sarapous […], of those from Oxyrhynchus city, [in the street …], the third part belonging to them in equal shares of the slave Apollonous, who has already been freed as regards the other [two thirds], aged about 26, of medium height, [honey-coloured], long-faced, with a scar on the right foot […], freed […] 4 talents […] of the one being freed […] [third] part, 6 drachmas 4 obols of coined silver, and that which has been paid to [Achilleus] and Sarapas by Heraklas son of Tryphon [son of …], his mother being Taonnophris daughter of Panesi[s], [from the] same city, aged about 31, of medium height, [honey-coloured], long-faced, with a scar above the right knee, [as ransom], 200 drachmas of silver of the imperial coinage and […] 1,000 talents of copper; and neither Heraklas [nor anyone else] on his behalf shall be permitted to make any demand [from] Apollonous or those [acting for her] for the aforesaid ransom or any part of it [in any way]. Guarantor of the identity in the emancipation: […] son of Peteesis, his mother being […], [from the same] city, aged about 40, of medium height, [honey-coloured, long]-faced, with a scar on the shin […], [in the] same [street]. (2nd hand) I, Achilleus […], have made [with my brother] Serapas the [emancipation] of the third [part of the slave] Apollonous [and I have received] the ransom of 200 [silver drachmas and copper …] […] [… lines lost …] [verso] Intercalary day 6 […]

The date is restored from 'tenth year' of Domitian (AD 91); one record allows AD 91 or 107 if Trajan is read instead. Freedom 'under Zeus, Earth and Sun' is the standard oath formula of Greek manumission in Egypt.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Emancipation of a Slave). 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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Emancipation [91 or 107 AD]

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · Oxy. 722 · 91 CE – 107 CE · Oxyrhynchos

Emancipation of a slave. The document is drawn up on behalf of two brothers who own a third part of a slave who, as regards the other two thirds had already been made free. The ransom is paid by a private individual, perhaps the slave's prospective husband, rather than by the s…

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p.oxy.4.722

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

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