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Sale of shares of a house and a vacant plot at Ankyron TM 27861Ankyron (Herakleopolites)98 - 117

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A contract of sale from the village of Ankyron in the Herakleopolite nome, dated Epeiph 12 in a year of Trajan. A man, son of Horos, sells to Pareis son of Agathinos fractional shares of an inherited house and of an adjoining vacant plot, acknowledging receipt of the price in silver drachmas and guaranteeing the property free of debt.

In English machine translation

[Year] […] of Imperator Caesar Nerva [Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus], Epeiph 12, in the village of Ankyron [of the Koite (toparchy)] of the Herakleopolite nome above Memphis. [Acknowledges] […] […] [son of] Horos, mother Thento…, [aged about] […] […] [scar on the] right [shin], of those from the [village] […] […] [that he has sold] to Pareis son of Agathinos son of […], [mother] […] [aged about] thirty-nine, [scar] […] […] [of those from the same] village, from the property [belonging to him] […] [which came] to him by inheritance from the [deceased …] […] [in the same] village of Ankyron, [of half a share] of a house, two [tenth] parts, that is a third fifteenth [part], and to the north of these, of a vacant plot, half (?) a vikos […] share, of which the neighbours of the whole house and [the vacant plot] are […] on the south Psenosiris son of Psenosiris, on the north […] on the east Souchis son of Pnepheros, [on the west] […] […] and entrance and exit; [and on the spot the said …] further acknowledges [that he has received] from [Pareis the agreed price] in full, [in cash from hand to hand], drachmas […] [of silver of the Augustan] coinage, [and that] the seller [will guarantee] the aforesaid [shares of the house and of the] vacant [plot free from] all debt […] […]

A 'psilos topos' is an unbuilt plot of land; the 'vikos' appears to be a local measure or unit whose sense is uncertain. The fractions of the share are partly restored.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Verkauf von Anteilen eines Hauses und eines ψιλὸς τόπος). 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.heid.10.447

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 98 - 117 · Ankyron (Herakleopolites)

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