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Advance sale of vegetable seed with guarantor TM 20860Ther (Herakleopolites)25. Juli 396

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A contract of sale with advance payment from Ther in the Herakleopolite nome, dated 25 July 396. Two brothers, Pounab and Psais, acknowledge receiving payment from the landowner Aurelius Nemesianus and promise to deliver 4 artabas of vegetable seed at harvest, with Papnouthios as guarantor.

In English machine translation

After the consulship of Flavii Olybrius and Probinus, the most illustrious, Mesore 1. The Aurelii Pounab son of Fronton, mother Thaesis, and Psais his brother […] […] of the Herakleopolite nome, with a guarantor for the payment of the stated debt, Aurelius Papnouthios son of Isidoros, mother Theonilla, residing in the same Ther, to Aurelius Nemesianus son of Hippias, landowner, from Herakleopolis, greetings. We acknowledge […] […] four, total 4 artabas of vegetable seed, by the oil-makers' measure, and we shall necessarily deliver the vegetable seed to you at the threshing floor of the auspicious 11th (?) […], the agreed price of which in full we have received and been paid by you on the spot together with this agreement, without delay, you having the right of execution against us, or either one of us, or against all our property of every kind, as if by legal judgment. The agreement is valid, and having been asked the formal question we have consented. We, the Aurelii Pounab son of Fronton and Psais his brother, the aforesaid, have made the agreement for the four artabas of vegetable seed, total 4 artabas of vegetable seed, and we shall deliver them to you in full as stated above. I, Aurelius Papnouthios son of Isidoros, act as guarantor for the delivery of the vegetable seed as stated above. I, Aurelius Achillys son of Nemesianus, wrote on his behalf since he is illiterate. [verso] […] agreement (?) of Pounab son of Fronton and Psais his brother, with the guarantor Papnouthios […] 11th (?)

Vegetable seed (lachanosperma) was grown for pressing into oil, hence the oil-makers' measure. The '11th' probably refers to an indiction year at harvest.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lieferungskauf über Gemüsesamen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

cpr.10.107a

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 25. Juli 396 · Ther (Herakleopolites)

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