p.dion.7
[r] [… 17 lines lost …] ἔτους ιβ τοῦ καὶ θ Φαῶφι ιε ἐν Ἄμμωνος πόλει· διὰ Ἑρμίου. [v] [… 12 lines lost …] Διονυ[…] Ψεναμμούνιος [… 2 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 3090
Sale of a cow TM 3090Ammonopolis (Hermopolites)2. Nov. 106 v.Chr.
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
The surviving end of a contract for the sale of a cow, dated year 12 = year 9, Phaophi 15 (2 November 106 BC) and registered at Ammonopolis in the Hermopolite nome through Hermias. On the back only part of a name, Diony[…], and the name Psenammounis survive.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[… 17 lines lost …]
Year 12, which is also year 9, Phaophi 15, at Ammonopolis; through Hermias.
[verso]
[… 12 lines lost …]
Diony[…]
[son of Pse]nammounis
[… 2 lines lost …]
The double regnal year reflects the joint reign of Cleopatra III and Ptolemy X Alexander I. Only the date line survives on the front, so the identification as a cow sale rests on the catalogue record.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Vente d’une vache). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.