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Sale of a half share of property by women with guardians TM 25943Arsinoites oder HerakleopolitesIII

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Fragmentary contract of sale in which several women, acting with their husbands as guardians, sell a half share of a jointly held property to a woman purchaser for 150 drachmas. It includes neighbour descriptions, receipt of the price, a guarantee clause and a penalty clause.

In English machine translation

[w]ith guardian the […] of Anoupis, from the village […] [f]our honey-colored(?) […] […] mother […] […] and […] […]ophilos […] [fi]fty […] of the brother Leon[…] […] [on] your behalf […] [ha]lf share held in common […] [t]o the purchaser […] [for] completion of the oth[er] […] [neigh]bours as they themselves decla[red] […] [of the] purchaser, to the north Kollanois […] […] Panoubais and of others […] [the price] of this, agreed between them, [being in imperial silver] coinage 150 drachmas […] to have received from the same woman [immediately in full] by hand, from the house; and they will furnish i[t free from] other sales or other [dispositions and from anyone] who will come against it or lay claim [from now] for all time, and they guarantee it with every guarantee, [being liable] […] those who transgress to the fixed penalty [against those who violate the contract] and nonetheless [the agreements] to be valid. Concerning these things having been done [well and properly], having been asked, they agreed […] [Tebal]mis and Anoubarion and Ar[…] [with their own hus]bands as guardians, of Tebalmis […] […] and of Artemis wi[th] […] [of] the aforesaid […] [… ? lines lost …]

Much of the formulaic wording is restored from standard sale contracts. The 'honey-colored' reading (melichrous) is uncertain and may describe an animal or object in a lost context.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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cpr.1.103

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III · Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites

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