Sale [December 30, 129 AD]
Petechon sells to Herakleia his half share of a female slave
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Sale of a half share in the slave Bereneike by Petechon to Herakleia TM 22260Oxyrhynchos (?)129 CE
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End of a deed of sale in which Petechon son of Petechon sells to a woman named Herakleia his half share in a female slave called Bereneike, with guarantees of title and public registration. It is dated 30 December AD 129, probably at Oxyrhynchus, and ends with the start of Petechon's signed acknowledgement of sale and receipt of the price.
In English machine translation
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[…]
[…] that Herakleia [is to own] his half share of the aforementioned slave woman who has been sold, together with
[her offspring and those] who will succeed (?) from her, and to manage [her in whatever] way [she chooses]. And, the sale being guaranteed, he will register it publicly whenever
[she chooses, by] a public instrument, and I guarantee to you the aforesaid half share of the aforementioned [slave] Bereneike, the scribal fees and taxes being chargeable to you,
Herakleia.
The sale is valid. Year 14
of Imperator Caesar Trajan Hadrian
Augustus, Tybi 4.
I, Petechon son of Petechon,
the aforementioned, have sold to Herakleia my half share of the
slave woman [Bereneike] and have received the [price]
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The beginning of the contract is lost; the text shifts between third person and first person address to Herakleia, as is common in such deeds. The 'public instrument' (demosios chrematismos) refers to official registration of a privately drawn sale.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Deed of Sale of a Slave). 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.col.10.254
[… ? lines lost …] …[…]…[…]…[…]…[…]…[…] κυριεύειν τὴν Ἡράκλειαν τοῦ κατʼ ἑαυτὸν ἡμίσους μέρους τῆς προγεγραμμένης καὶ πεπραμένης δούλης σὺν ἐκγόνοις καὶ τοῖς παρʼ αὐτῆς μεταλημψομένοις καὶ οἰκονομεῖν περὶ αὐτῆς ᾧ ἐὰν αἱρῆται τρόπῳ. καὶ βεβαιουμένης δημοσιώσει ὁπηνίκα ἐὰν αἱρῆται …