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Sale of a one-storey house and courtyard at Tebtynis TM 25187Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIst century A.D.

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A Greek subscription to a sale contract in which Onnophris son of Hatres sells a one-storey house with courtyard in Tebtynis to Kollouthos son of Mieus. It gives the dimensions and neighbours of the property, acknowledges receipt of the price, guarantees title, and records the consent of the seller's mother. It dates to the 1st century AD.

In English machine translation

I, Onnophris son of Hatres, my mother being Thenapsemis, acknowledge that I have sold according to Egyptian contracts to Kollouthos son of Mieus, his mother being Taorsenouphis, the one-storey house belonging to me, with courtyard and all its appurtenances, in Tebtynis, whose measurements are from south to north 9 1/2 cubits, from west to east 16 cubits, in all cases by measurement, or however many more they may be; whose neighbours are: on the south the house and courtyard of Horos son of Harmiysis and of others, formerly the house and courtyard of Kyrtos; on the north the house of Assaris; on the west the house of Taorsenouphis daughter of Kollouthos and in part the courtyard of Harmiysis the fuller; on the east the royal street. And I have received from Kollouthos the whole agreed price in full, by hand, from the house, and I will guarantee it with every guarantee against public and private claims and every distraint for all time, and I will furnish it neither previously sold nor mortgaged nor alienated in any way. My mother Thenapsemis daughter of Orseus consents […] […]

The Greek text is a summary subscription to a sale drawn up 'according to Egyptian contracts', that is, a main deed in Demotic. The end of the text, including the mother's consent, is lost.

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. 710 · Ist century A.D. · Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Subscription to a contract by which Onnophris, son of Hatres, sells a one-story house and courtyard in Tebtynis to Kollouthos, son of Mieus.

p.mich.5.294

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

Ὀννῶφρις Ἁτρήους μητρὸς Θεναψήμιος ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι κατὰ Αἰγυπτίας συνγραφὰς Κολλούθῳ Μιεῦτος μητρὸς Ταορσενούφιος τὴν ὑπάρχουσάν μοι οἰκίαν μονόστεγον καὶ αὐλὴν καὶ τὰ συγκύροντα πάντα ἐν Τεβτύνει, ὧν μέτρα νότου ἐπὶ βορρᾶ πήχεις ἐννέα ἥμισυ , λιβὸς ἐπʼ ἀπηλιώτην πήχεις δέκα ἕ…