One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31554

Sale of 5 arouras of private grain land by a woman TM 31554Perhaps Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of EgyptIIIrd century A.D.

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Fragment of a deed in which a woman, acting without a guardian by the right of children, sells and cedes 5 arouras of private grain land to a buyer for 22,000 silver drachmas. It dates to the 3rd century AD and perhaps comes from Oxyrhynchus.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] ... [...] [...] of the illustrious (?) [...] [...] as stated above [...] councillor [...] [...] Taurinos ... acting without a guardian [...] by right of children [...]. I acknowledge that I have sold and ceded to you from now for all time the 5 arouras belonging to me [...] [...] concerning [...] of Aurelia ... [...] [...] [...] 5 arouras of private grain land; the neighbours of the whole are [...] [...] ... appurtenances (?), on the east and west [...] [...] of the allotment of [...], by the public dike [...], to carry off all that will accrue from them to your own account from the present year 3 [...] [...] for the price and the cession of the aforesaid 5 arouras, agreed between us, 22,000 drachmas of silver of imperial coinage, which are 3 talents and 3,000 drachmas of silver, which I have received from you on the spot in full, from hand to hand, and in answer to your question I acknowledged that I have been paid in full. You shall therefore possess and own, with your descendants and those who will succeed you, the 5 arouras sold and ceded to you by me as stated above, and have the power to use and manage them as you choose without hindrance [...] ... [...]

Most of the formulaic wording, including the price, is restored by the editor from parallel deeds. The term 'right of children' (ius liberorum) allowed a woman with enough children to act without a male guardian.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sale of Land). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

Sale of Land

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 3336 · IIIrd century A.D. · Perhaps Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt

Small fragment of a sale of 5 (or more) arourai

p.mich.15.719

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III · Perhaps Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt

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