Sale of a Vacant Lot
Subscription to a contract by which Asklas, son of Besis, sells to Herakleides the younger, son of Maron, half of a vacant lot
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Signed declaration (subscription) to a contract in which Asklas son of Besis sells to Herakleides the younger son of Maron his half share of a vacant lot in Tebtynis, held jointly with his brother Patynis. The lot's dimensions and neighbours are given, Asklas acknowledges receipt of the price, and his wife Tepheros consents to the sale; a scribe wrote for them because they were illiterate. Arsinoite nome, 1st century AD.
The text is the seller's subscription to a sale contract rather than the full contract. The phrase about 'my dwelling' near the guarantee clause is broken and its sense is uncertain.
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 Vacant Lot). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Subscription to a contract by which Asklas, son of Besis, sells to Herakleides the younger, son of Maron, half of a vacant lot
Ἀσκλᾶς Βήσιος μητρὸς Ταορσενούφιος ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι Ἡρακλείδῃ νεωτέρωι Μάρωνος μητρὸς Ἀρσινόης τὸ ὑπάρχον μοι ἥμισυ μέρος ψιλοῦ τόπου κοινοῦ καὶ ἀδιαιρέτου πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν μου Πατῦνιν καὶ τῶν συγκυρόντων πάντων ἐν Τεβτύνει, ὧν μέτρα του ὅλου ψιλοῦ τόπου νότου ἐπὶ βορρᾶ πήχεις …
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