Abstracts of Contracts
On the verso of an account (P.Oxy.1727), the middle part of three columns of a list of abstracts of contracts covering the period from Antoninus Pius to Severus Alexander.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 21998
Register of abstracts of contracts and deposited documents TM 21998OxyrhynchusAfter 229 A.D.
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Fragments of a register of abstracts of contracts and deposited documents from Oxyrhynchus, recording land cessions, a house purchase, and the deposit of a will. The entries are dated from the reign of Antoninus Pius to that of Severus Alexander, so the list was compiled after AD 229.
In English machine translation
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[…] of her […] and which she deposited
for possession, from the property held under the instrument,
the 12 1/2 1/8 1/64 arouras near Paeimis, as the registration contains.
In the following 27th year of the deified Commodus, Phamenoth 6, through the record office of the metropolis
[…]
were bought from Ammonios also called Sarapion, son of Sarapion
son of Sarapion, his mother being Kronous also called Sarapous, in the quarter
of Myrobalanos, a house and appurtenances, as the entries on the back in order show.
In the 30th year, in the month Kaisareios 9, through the record office of the metropolis, were ceded by
Demetria daughter of Apollonios son of Papontos, near Pela,
out of 15 arouras, 7 1/2 arouras, after the 3 arouras ceded to others,
the remainder.
[…] year of Antoninus and Verus, Kaisareios, 1st intercalary day, Sarapous (?)
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and on the back of the whole entry the same has been registered.
In the following roll, added later:
Year 10 of the deified Aelius Antoninus, Thoth 20,
[…] son of Harthonis, from the same city, with a memorandum,
deposited a will belonging also to Teteuris.
Year 2 of Severus, Hathyr 30, […] mother Tausorapis
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Year 8 of Alexander, Pauni 30
Written on the back of an account. The "27th year of Commodus" is a posthumous reckoning of the regnal count used for Severus' reign, and "diakatoche" refers to a formal deposit securing possession of property.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Abstracts of Contracts). 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.oxy.14.1725
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