Sale [ca. 89 AD]
Sale of the third part of a slave, Sarapos, aged fourteen
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 20575
Order to the agoranomos to register sale of a third share in a slave girl TM 20575Oxyrhynchos89 CE
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An order addressed to the agoranomos (the notary official) at Oxyrhynchus by Dionysios, acting as Zenon's representative, to register the sale of a one-third share in a fourteen-year-old slave girl, Sarapous. The buyer is Halis daughter of Diogenes, who already owns the other two-thirds. The text probably dates to about AD 89.
In English machine translation
Dionysios, the representative appointed by Zenon, to the agoranomos, greetings. Register the sale to Halis daughter of Diogenes son of Diogenes, of those from Oxyrhynchus city, of a third share, held in common with Halis for the other two-thirds, of the slave Sarapous, aged about 14 years, which she bought from Pou[…]
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The agoranomos was the official who registered contracts such as sales; orders of this kind authorized him to draw up the deed. The end of the text, including the seller's full name, is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order to the Agoranomos to Register the Sale 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.
p.bingen.62
Διονύσιος ὁ συνεσταμένος ὑπὸ Ζήνωνος τῷ ἀγορανόμῳ χαίρειν· κατάγραψον ὠνὴν Ἄλιτι Διογένους τοῦ Διογένους τῶν ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως τρίτου μέρους κοινωνικῆς πρὸς τὴν Ἄλιν κατὰ τὸ ἄλλο δίμοιρον δούλης Σαραποῦτος ὡς ἐτῶν ιδ οὗ ἐπρίατο παρὰ Που [… ? lines lost …]