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Draft manumission of the slave Euphrosyne by Aline TM 22233Oxyrhynchos24. - 28. Aug. 86

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Draft of a manumission deed from Oxyrhynchus, AD 86, in which Aline, with her son Komon as guardian, frees her home-born slave Euphrosyne. The ransom of 800 silver drachmas was paid on Euphrosyne's behalf by Theon son of Dionysios, who renounces any claim to repayment from her.

In English machine translation

In the fifth year of Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus, Hyperberetaios, intercalary days, month Kaisareios, intercalary days, at Oxyrhynchus city of the Thebaid, before the agoranomoi Theon and Dios and Dionysios. Aline daughter of Komon son of Dionysios, her mother being Kleopatra daughter of Dionysios, of Oxyrhynchus city, aged about […], of medium height, honey-coloured, long-faced, with a scar, with as her guardian her own son Komon son of Mnesitheos son of Petosouchos, of the same city, aged about […], of medium height, honey-coloured, long-faced, with a scar on the left eyebrow, has set free under Zeus, Earth and Sun, in the street, the slave belonging to her, Euphrosyne, aged about 35, of medium height, honey-coloured, long-faced, with a scar, home-born from the slave Demetrous, for 10 drachmas of coined silver, and for what has been paid on her behalf to her aforementioned mistress Aline by Theon son of Dionysios son of Leon, his mother being Isione, of the same city, aged about 43, of medium height, honey-coloured, long-faced, with a scar on the right calf, as ransom: 800 drachmas of silver in imperial coin, out of 10 talents 3,000 drachmas of bronze; Theon nor anyone else being permitted to make any demand concerning this from the manumitted Euphrosyne or from those acting for her, either of the ransom money or in kind, in any way. Guarantor of the manumission […]

Freeing 'under Zeus, Earth and Sun' is a traditional Greek oath formula for manumission; 'in the street' refers to a public manumission. The agoranomoi were the officials who recorded contracts.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Draft Manumission). 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.38.2843

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 24. - 28. Aug. 86 · Oxyrhynchos

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