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Sale contract with subscription of Herakleides mentioning a loan TM 31884Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites1. Hälfte III

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Fragment of a sale contract in which a seller acknowledges receiving payment in silver drachmas and guarantees the property against other claims, followed by a subscription by a certain Herakleides referring to a loan of 1,000 drachmas. It dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[…] […] in all, which is […] drachmas of silver of the imperial coinage, […] and he further acknowledges that he has received this sum from hand to hand out of the house, and [he will guarantee these free from other sales or] other transactions and from [anyone who brings a claim or lays hold of them, from now] for all time, and he will warrant [them with every warranty; and he shall be liable […] for transgressing […] to the] fixed [penalty] against those who violate the contract. The agreed terms are to be valid. The registration was completed [at their risk, the state having the right of first execution]. The sale is valid. I, Herakleides, […] according to the right of the loan […] two hundred of silver [of the imperial coinage, drachmas] one thousand by way of a loan […] and I will warrant as [aforesaid] […] as aforesaid […]

The object of sale is lost; the reference to a loan suggests the sale was connected with a debt. Much of the guarantee clause is restored from standard formulas.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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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cpr.1.144

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 1. Hälfte III · Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites

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