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Fragment of a sale contract from the Arsinoite nome, 1st century AD, in which a man sells a Theban-type handmill with its table to Paesis for 28 silver drachmas. It preserves the end of the contract body, the descriptions of the persons who wrote for the parties, and the start of the seller's own subscription.
A 'Theban' mill was a type of hand grinding mill with a table (trapeza) and a lever handle (kope). The term anaporiphos means the item is sold as is and may not be returned by the buyer.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sale of a Theban Handmill). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] τὴν συνκεχωρημένην τιμὴν ἐκ πλήρους διὰ χειρὸς ἐξ οἴκου καὶ βεβαιώσειν τὸν ὁμολογοῦντα μ[…]πατο τὴν πρᾶσιν πάσῃ βεβαιώσει. ὑπογραφεὺς τοῦ μὲν ὁμολογοῦντος[…] Μύσθου ὡς ἐτῶν ν οὐλὴ ὀφρύι ἀριστερᾷ, τοῦ δὲ ἄλλου Παμμένης Θέωνος ὡς ἐτῶν νε οὐλὴ μήλ … ὁμολογῶ […]…ας…
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