Sale of a House and Courtyard
Subscription to a contract by which Phasos, son of Phasos, sell to Orsenouphis, son of Horouanchis, a house and courtyard in Tebtynis
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Sale of a house and courtyard in Tebtynis TM 25193Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIst century A.D.
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Subscriptions to a sale contract in which Phasos son of Phasos sells a one-storey house and courtyard in Tebtynis to Orsenouphis son of Horouanchis, with the boundaries and measurements given. Phasos's children and his widowed daughter-in-law consent to the sale, and the buyer acknowledges it, all through scribes since the parties were illiterate.
In English machine translation
I, Phasos son of Phasos son of Pious, my mother being Thasos, acknowledge that I have sold according to Egyptian contracts to Orsenouphis son of Horouanchis, his mother being Tacheos, the one-storey house belonging to me and courtyard and all appurtenances in Tebtynis, the measurements of which are from south to north 17 cubits, from west to east 9 cubits, or however many cubits they may be, more or less; the neighbours of the house and courtyard are: on the south the house of Nepheros, tinsmith; on the north the royal street; on the west the house of Orsenouphis son of Piois; on the east the house of Anesouris son of Phasos and for some part the house of Harmiysis son of Halimes.
And I have received from Orsenouphis the agreed price in full, from hand to hand out of the house, and I will guarantee the sale with every guarantee. My children consent: Harmiysis and Thaesis and Thenpasos, all three children of Phasos, Thaesis with as guardian the aforementioned Harmiysis and Thenphasos with her husband Apsemis son of Psonsneus; and the wife of my deceased son Phasos, Thaubastis daughter of […]opis, with as guardian her son Orsenouphis son of Phasos; and they will not proceed against it for all time nor bring a claim, nor will anyone else on their behalf, for all time. Harmiysis […] wrote for them because they do not know letters.
I, Orsenouphis son of Horouanchis, my mother being Tacheos: the sale has been made to me as stated above. Mar[…] wrote for him […]
The sale was made 'according to Egyptian contracts', meaning a main Demotic deed accompanied by these Greek subscriptions. The text calls Thaesis and Thenpasos 'sons' though they are women with guardians, so 'children' is used.
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.
p.mich.5.300
Φασῶς Φασῶτος Πιοῦτος μητρὸς Θασῶτος ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι κατὰ Αἰγυπτίας συνγραφὰς Ὀρσενούφι Ὡρουανχιοῦτος μητρὸς Ταχεῶτος τὴν ὑπάρχουσάν μοι οἰκίαν μονόστεγον καὶ αὐλὴν καὶ τὰ συγκύροντα πάντα ἐν Τεβτύνει, ὧν μέτρα νότου ἐπὶ βορρᾶ πήχεις δέκα ἑπτά , λιβὸς ἐπʼ ἀπηλιώτου πήχεις ἐννέ…