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Fragment of a sale contract from Oxyrhynchus, drawn up before the agoranomoi (market officials), in which Sarapion sells a two-thirds share of property for 200 silver drachmas, paid as 15 talents of bronze. Only the end of the document survives, with a reference to the paternal share of Pammenes.
The edition gives only a summary-like extract with many omissions (marked …), so the translation reflects selected phrases. Freedom from 'royal and estate cultivation' refers to compulsory farming of state and imperial estate land.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… 35 lines lost …] πατρικὸν μέρος Παμμένους Παραδίσου ἐν Ὀξυρύγχων πόλει τῆς Θηβαίδος ἐπʼ ἀγορανόμων[…] ἐπρίαντο … παρὰ Σαραπίωνος … ἐν ἀγυιᾷ δίμοιρον μέρος … καὶ αὐτόθεν ἀπέχειν τὸν Σαραπίωνα … τὰς συμπεφωνημένας ὑπὲρ τιμῆς … ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς διακοσίας ἐκ πλήρους χαλκοῦ τάλαντα…
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