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Sale of a quarter share of a building at Soknopaiou Nesos TM 25946Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)I

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Fragmentary end of a sale contract from Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum, 1st century AD. Stotoetis son of Stotoetis sells his quarter share of a building (perhaps a lodging) to another Stotoetis for 40 silver drachmas, with the usual guarantee and penalty clauses.

In English machine translation

[…] […] sell (?) […] with […] […] to the acknowledging party […] the fourth part as aforesaid, and that neither the acknowledging party […] shall bring a claim […] nor those acting for him, nor shall they bring a claim or proceed against him in any way or on any pretext whatsoever; and further they shall guarantee the […] untouched and unpledged and not mortgaged for a loan and unalienated and free from debt, mortgage and every public or private surety. And whatever of the foregoing the acknowledging party or those acting for him contravene, they shall pay in addition to the party abiding by the contract and those acting for him the price he has received twice over and the expenses twice over, and as a penalty 20 silver drachmas and the same amount to the public treasury; the management (?) of the transaction being the concern of Stotoetis son of Stotoetis […] of the agreed […] immediately (?). (Subscription) I, Stotoetis son of Stotoetis, acknowledge that I have sold to Stotoetis the fourth part belonging to me of a lodging (?) […] and I have received the agreed price of 40 silver drachmas, and I will guarantee it as aforesaid.

The word read as kataluma (lodging, dwelling) is partly supplied, and the following words are garbled in the text. The penalty clause requires double the price and expenses plus a fine payable also to the treasury.

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

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