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Sale of the slave Aminouthes TM 21455Herakleopolites

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Fragment of a contract for the sale of a slave named Aminouthes (Amenouthis) from the Herakleopolite nome. The seller, who had acquired the slave from Flavius Solon, hands him over without right of return for a price of 500 talents; a certain Philokalos signed on behalf of the seller.

In English machine translation

[recto] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] under [...] praepositus [...] [...] of the Herakleopolite nome above Memphis [...] [...] who came to me by right [...] [...] by Flavius Solon [...] [...] named Aminouthes, about [... years old] [...] [...] this (slave), such as he is, not to be returned [...] [...] with one another [...] [...] there, I the seller [...] [...] I have handed over [...] [...] towards the [...] of the sold [...] [...] slave, and to manage and administer [...] and being masters in whatever way you choose [...] at my own expense [...] the signature of the one signing on my behalf [...] And I have handed over to you, for your fuller security, [...] with stipulations and all rights, and having been asked the formal question I agreed [...] the aforementioned Amenouthis, this (slave), such as he is, not to be returned [...] 500 full talents and [...] I, Philokalos, kiktor (?), wrote on his behalf [...] [verso] [...] of Aminouthes, price 500 talents

Philokalos' title 'kikeitor' seems to render the Latin cursor-type term cector/kiktor, a minor official or attendant; its exact sense is uncertain. The price in talents points to the inflation of the 4th century AD.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sklavenkauf). 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.neph.33

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

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