One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 30798
Advance sale of hay from 4 arouras at Semet TM 30798unbekanntIII
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A contract of sale with advance payment in which Aurelius Horion receives 300 drachmas from Aurelius Epimachos as the balance of the price for the hay crop of 4 arouras at a place called Semet, to be delivered later in the current year 4. Horion undertakes to sow, weed and guard the crop and pay the taxes, with a penalty if he fails to deliver.
In English machine translation
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(of the hay) of 4 arouras of land in one parcel [in the place] called Semet, of which he will also make the delivery in the month […] of the same current year 4, by the measuring cord of 96 [cubits], he (Epimachos) providing him the seed, and he (Horion) sowing and […] and weeding and guarding until the harvest, [and paying] the public dues on them, both in grain [and in money], and guaranteeing them free of every claim that may be brought.
If he does not deliver the hay in satisfactory condition by the stated deadline, he shall pay him the highest price that will prevail at the time, Aurelius Epimachos having the right of execution upon Horion and upon all his property, as if by a court judgment.
(2nd hand?) I, Aurelius Horion son of Aurelius, have received the 300 drachmas, being the balance of the price of the hay of 4 arouras, as aforesaid.
The document is catalogued as a receipt for the balance of a deferred delivery of hay; in form it is a sale with advance payment, with Horion's acknowledgment of payment at the end. The 96-cubit cord refers to the measuring rope used to survey the land.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for the balance of a deferred delivery of hay). 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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