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Sale of a house and courtyard at Theogonis TM 25186Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIst century A.D. (under Tiberius[?])

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Greek subscription to a sale contract in which four siblings, children of Papontos and Kolleuthis, with the husband of one of them consenting, sell a house and courtyard in Theogonis to Kouthion son of Menches. The main contract was drawn up in Egyptian (demotic); the margin gives descriptions of the parties with their ages and scars. Early 1st century AD, Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[Herakleides] and Papontos and Taorsenouphis and Tasoouksis, the four children of Papontos and of their mother Kolleuthis, and Harmiysis son of Panesneus and of his mother Taorphaesis, husband of the said Tasoouksis, we acknowledge: we, [Herakleides] and Papontos and Taorsenouphis and Tasoouksis, that we have sold according to Egyptian contracts to Kouthion son of Menches and of his mother Tapetsiris the house belonging to us and the courtyard and all appurtenances in Theogonis of the division of Polemon, whose measurements are from south to north 8 cubits, from west to east 25 cubits, by both measurings, or however many they may be; whose neighbours are on the south the house of Apynchis son of Apynchis, on the north the house and courtyard of Apynchis called the Deaf (?), on the west the house of Leontiskos, on the east the royal street; and we have received the agreed price in full, and we will guarantee it with every guarantee for all time. And I, Harmiysis, the aforementioned husband of Tasoouksis, consent to the above sale and will not proceed against it for all time nor bring any claim, and I will do the other things as stated above. Herodes son of Herodes wrote on their behalf because they do not know letters. [margin] Herakleides, aged 27, scar on the face at the right. Papontos, aged 23, scar on the chin at the left. Taorsenouphis, aged 21, scar on the right cheek. Tasoouksis, aged 21, scar above the left eyebrow. Harmiysis, aged […], scar on the forearm […]. Kouthion […]

The phrase rendered 'called the Deaf' (kophes) is a nickname of uncertain sense. One record suggests a date under Tiberius.

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 House and Courtyard). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

Sale of a House and Courtyard

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 708 · Ist century A.D. (under Tiberius[?]) · Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Subscriptions to a contract by which four children of Papontos and Kolleuthis, with the husband of one of them, sell a house and courtyard in Theogonis to Kouthion, son of Menches; in the lower right margin are the notes giving the descriptions of the contracting parties; the bod…

p.mich.5.293

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · frühes I · Arsinoites

[ctr] Ἡρακλείδης καὶ Παποντῶς καὶ Ταορσενοῦφις καὶ Τασώουκις, οἱ τέσσαρες Παποντῶτος μητρὸς Κολλεύθιος καὶ αὐτῆς Τασωούκιος ἀνὴρ Ἁρμιῦσις Πανεσνηοῦτος μητρὸς Ταορφαήσιος ὁμολογοῦμεν ὁ μὲν Ἡρακλείδης καὶ Παποντῶς καὶ Ταορσενοῦφις καὶ Τασώουκις πεπρακέναι κατὰ Αἰγυπτίας συνγραφὰς Κ…