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Sale of a black donkey by Ammonis to Komon TM 25941Oxyrhynchites2. Hälfte I

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Contract in which Ammonis of the village of Sinary in the lower toparchy acknowledges that he has sold a black, full-grown male donkey to Komon of Oxyrhynchus and has received the agreed price in silver. He also undertakes to guarantee the sale. The document dates from the second half of the 1st century AD in the Oxyrhynchite nome.

In English machine translation

Ammonis son of Heraklas, son of Hermogenes, his mother being Senaias daughter of Naarophibis, of those from Sinary in the lower toparchy, to Komon son of Mnesitheos, son of Petesouchos, his mother being Aline daughter of Komon, of those from the city of Oxyrhynchus, greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you the male donkey belonging to me, black, full-grown, just as it is, not subject to return, and that I have received from you, from hand to hand out of the house, the price agreed between us for it, [...] [...]-two drachmas of imperial silver in full, and I will guarantee it with every guarantee [...] [...]

The price is damaged; only the ending '...-two' survives, so the exact sum is unknown. 'Not subject to return' (anaporriphos) means the buyer could not reject the animal for defects discovered later.

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 Donkey). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.oxy.38.2846

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 2. Hälfte I · Oxyrhynchites

Ἀμμώνις Ἡρακλᾶτος τοῦ Ἑρμογένους μητρὸς Σεναιᾶντος τῆς Νααροφίβιος τῶν ἀπὸ Σιναρὺ τῆς κάτω τοπαρχίας Κόμωνι Μνησιθέου τοῦ Πετεσούχου μητρὸς Ἀλείνης τῆς Κόμωνος τῶν ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι σοι τὸν ὑπάρχοντά μοι ὄνον ἄρρενα μέλανα τέλειον τοῦτον τοιοῦτον ἀν…