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A contract of sale in which Heron son of Lykarion acknowledges selling male camels to Papeis, receiving the agreed price and guaranteeing the sale. It is dated to the reign of Claudius and comes from the Arsinoite nome.
The number of camels and the exact regnal year are lost. 'Not subject to return' renders anaporiphous, a clause excluding return of the animals for defects.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Verkauf von Kamelen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἥρων Λυκαρίωνος Παπεῖτι[…]χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι σοι καμήλους[…] ἄρσενας οὓς καὶ προέχεις παρʼ ἐμοῦ[…]καὶ ἀπέχω τὴν συνκεχωρημένην τιμὴν πᾶσαν ἐκ πλήρους καὶ βεβαιώσω πάσῃ βεβαιώσι τούτους τοιούτους ἀναπορίφους. ἔτους[…]Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτ…
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