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Fragments of a contract in favour of Horos TM 2689Tholthis? (Oxyrhynchites)215 - 214 v.Chr.

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Two fragments of a Ptolemaic contract from year 8 of Ptolemy IV Philopator (215-214 BC), probably from Tholthis in the Oxyrhynchite nome. Only the dating formula with the eponymous priests and part of the closing clauses survive, granting a man named Horos the right of execution.

In English machine translation

[Fragment A] In the reign of Ptolemy son of [Ptolemy and Berenike, gods Euergetai, year 8, when the priest of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy] son of Stasikrates was (priest) of Alexander an[d the gods Soteres and the gods Adelphoi and the gods Euergetai and the gods Philopatores, the kanephoros of Arsinoe] Philadelphos was Arsinoe daughter of [Sosibios, in the month …] [Fragment B] [and] let Horos have the right of execution against […] [exacting it according to the ordinance. And let this contract be valid wherever] it is produced. Witnesses according to the […] but if according to the […]

The 'praxis' clause gives the creditor the right to enforce payment directly against the debtor's person and property. Most of the dating formula is restored from standard models.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragmente eines Vertrages). 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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bgu.10.1975

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 215 - 214 v.Chr. · Tholthis? (Oxyrhynchites)

[FrA] Βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου καὶ Βερενίκης θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν ἔτους ὀγδόου ἐφʼ ἱερέως Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Στασικράτους Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Σωτήρων καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν καὶ θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν καὶ θεῶν Φιλοπατόρων κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Ἀρσινόης τῆς Σωσιβίου μη…