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Sale of half a vacant lot at Tebtynis TM 25190Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIst century A.D.

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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.

In English machine translation

I, Asklas son of Besis, my mother being Taorsenouphis, acknowledge that I have sold to Herakleides the younger, son of Maron, his mother being Arsinoe, the half share belonging to me of a vacant lot held in common and undivided with my brother Patynis, together with all its appurtenances, in Tebtynis, the measurements of the whole vacant lot being from south to north 7 2/3 cubits, from west to east 14 2/3 cubits, for the whole measurement or however much it may be, with the entrance and exit common and undivided; the neighbours of the whole lot being: on the south the house of Harmaeis son of Petesouchos and of Haryotes his brother, on the north the house of the same Herakleides and of the sons of Petesouchos, on the west likewise the same Herakleides and for some part Harmiysis and Horos, both sons of Orsenouphis, on the east the house of Orseus son of Orseus, through which is the aforementioned entrance and exit at ground level. And I have received from Herakleides the agreed price in full, from hand to hand out of the house, and I will guarantee against those who may bring claims concerning my dwelling (?) of the […] of the half share. My wife Tepheros daughter of Tephersos, her mother being Taarmiysis, consents to this sale and will not bring claims for all time nor make accusations, nor will anyone else on her behalf, as stated above. […] wrote on their behalf […] […] because they do not know letters.

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.

Sale of a Vacant Lot

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 721 · Ist century A.D. · Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Subscription to a contract by which Asklas, son of Besis, sells to Herakleides the younger, son of Maron, half of a vacant lot

p.mich.5.297

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

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 …