Sale of a house and open plots at Paeimis TM 21979Oxyrhynchos240 - 280

The Aurelii […] and Sarapion and Horos and Kollouthos, sons of T[…]los (?), mother […], from the village of Paeimis in the Oxyrhynchite nome, to Aurelius Serenus also called Sarapion, son of Agathinos, and however you are styled, greetings. We acknowledge that we have sold [to you from now] for all time the house belonging to us [in the same] village of Paeimis, [in] the middle parts of the village, a single-roofed house without doors and without windows, and the open spaces around it, with fixtures and all appurtenances and dependencies, whose neighbours are: to the south, Phoullios and Pasalymis and others; to the north, Horos son of Petteiris; to the east, a public street; to the west, a temple; at the price agreed between us for the aforesaid house and open spaces and fixtures of 4,500 drachmas of silver in imperial coin, which we have received from you on the spot in full from hand to hand, and being asked by you whether we have been paid in full, we acknowledged it. Therefore from now you are to possess and own, with your descendants and those who will succeed you, the house and open spaces and fixtures sold to you by us as aforesaid, and to have the power to use and manage them as you choose, no claim being left to us or to anyone else on our behalf against [them or any] part of them in any way. We shall of necessity guarantee them [to you] always against all persons with every guarantee, and free from the registration [of men] and from cultivation of royal and estate land and from every kind [of debt and] encumbrance, public and private and municipal [and of landowners], and from [anything else whatsoever; and we shall at once at our own expense repel anyone who comes forward] or [lays claim in any way whatsoever, as if by judgement. The] sale [is valid] […] [… 1 line lost …]