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Fragment of a deed of purchase by a soldier of the Sixth Legion Ferrata TM 22126Oxyrhynchos16. Aug. 324

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Opening of a deed of purchase by which Valerius Priscus, a soldier of the Sixth Legion Ferrata stationed at Syene in the Thebaid, bought something from Aurelius Longinus of Syedra in Isauria, with a fellow Syedran as co-guarantor. It is dated 16 August 324; the object of sale is lost.

In English machine translation

In the consulship to be (designated) for the fourth time, [on the 17th day before the Kalends of September,] which is Mesore 23, in […] […]. With good fortune. Valerius Priscus, soldier of the Sixth Legion Ferrata, of those under the praepositus Valerianus stationed at Syene in the Thebaid, has bought, and it has been registered by this diploma, and he has received into possession and ownership, from Aurelius Longinus son of Naros, of Syedra in Isauria, living very near Matidius his uncle and Konon in their own (property), with a co-guarantor who undertakes the clearance of this conveyance and orders and commands that it be on his own good faith, Aurelius […]ides son of Gorgonios, he too of the same city of the Syedrans, living […] […] to Longinus, agreeing and […] [… ? lines lost …]

The dating formula refers to consuls 'to be designated for the fourth time', a usage of 324 when the consuls of Licinius' regime were not recognized. The document mentions Syene, though it was found at Oxyrhynchus; the item sold, probably a slave, is lost.

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

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p.oxy.63.4359

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 16. Aug. 324 · Oxyrhynchos

τοῖς τὸ τέταρτον ἐσομένοις ὑπάτοις, πρὸ δεκαεπτὰ Καλανδῶν Σεπτεμβρίων, ἥτις ἐστὶν Μεσορὴ τρίτη καὶ εἰκὰς ἐν […]…[…]… […]. ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ. ἐπρίατο καὶ κατεγράφη διὰ τοῦδε τοῦ διπλώματος ἔν τε νομῇ καὶ δεσποτείᾳ παρείληφεν Οὐαλέριος Πρίσκος, στρατιώτης λεγεῶνος ἕκτης Σιδηρᾶς τῶν ὑπὸ Οὐ…