Sale of Half of a House and Courtyard
Subscription to a contract by which Harmiysis, son of Mieus, and his son Mieus sell to Horos, son of Harmiysis, half of a two-story house and courtyard in Tebtynis
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Sale of half of a house and courtyard at Tebtynis TM 25192Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIst century A.D.
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Greek subscription to a sale contract in which Harmiysis son of Mieus and his son Mieus sell to Horos son of Harmiysis the half share of a two-storey house and courtyard in Tebtynis, with the boundaries listed. The sellers acknowledge receipt of the price and guarantee the sale, and their wives give consent. First century AD, Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
We, Harmiysis son of Mieus, his mother being Thasos, and my son Mieus, his mother being Sthoutouetis, the two of us, acknowledge that we have sold according to Egyptian contracts to Horos son of Harmiysis, his mother being Tharmouthis, the half share belonging to Harmiysis the father of a two-storey house and courtyard, on the northern side, all being common and undivided, formerly said to be of Kyrtos, and all the appurtenances, in Tebtynis, of which the neighbours of the whole house and courtyard are: on the south the house of Ischyrion son of Serapion, on the north the house and courtyard of Mieus son of Pallaous, on the west the courtyard of Phasos son of Hatres son of Pallaous and of Patynis son of Patynis son of Path…otes, on the east the royal street. And we have received from Horos the agreed price in full, by hand, from the house, and we will guarantee the sale with every guarantee against all public debts and private ones. The wife of Harmiysis and mother of Mieus, Stouthouetis daughter of Orsenouphis, her mother being Thermouthis, and the wife of Mieus, Tarmiysis daughter of Phanemieus, her mother being Tenaus, with her guardian […], consent to this sale and (agree) not to proceed […]
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The main contract was drawn up as Egyptian (Demotic) agreements; this Greek text is the parties' subscription summarizing it. The end, including the consenting wives' undertaking and any signatures, 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 Half 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.
p.mich.5.299
Ἁρμιῦσις Μιεῦτος μητρὸς Θασῶτος καὶ ὁ υἱός μου Μιεῦς μητρὸς Σθουτουήτιος οἱ δύο ὁμολογοῦμεν πεπρακέναι κατὰ Αἰγυπτίας συνγραφὰς Ὥρῳ Ἁρμιύσιος μητρὸς Θαρμούθειος τὸ ὑπάρχον τῶι Ἁρμιύσει πατρὶ ἥμισυ μέρος οἰκίας διστέγου καὶ αὐλῆς ἐκ τοῦ πρὸς βορρᾶ μέρους, πάντων δὲ κοινῶν καὶ ἀδια…