cpr.1.151
[… ? lines lost …] […]τὴν ἴσην καὶ μηδὲν ἧσσον ἡ[…] […]περὶ δὲ τοῦ ταῦτα οὕτως ὀρθῶς καὶ καλῶς[…] […]ἀπέσχον τὴν τιμὴν καὶ βεβαιώσω[…] […]συμεουῆτι ἀδελφῇ μου[…] […] Νείλου πέπρακα καὶ ἀπέσχον ὡς πρόκειται
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31887
Closing clauses and subscription of a sale contract TM 31887Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites1. Hälfte III
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End of a sale contract with the vendor's subscription, in which the seller states that he has received the price and will guarantee the sale. The buyer seems to be a woman, Symeoues (?), called the seller's sister. The document dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.
In English machine translation
[...]
[...] the equal (?) and no less [...]
[...] [and concerning] these things being thus rightly and properly [done ...]
[...] I have received the price and I will guarantee [...]
[...] to Symeoues (?) my sister [...]
[...] son (?) of Neilos, I have sold and have received, as stated above.
The buyer's name is incompletely preserved and its reading is uncertain. "Sister" may mean a real sibling or be a term of affection.
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.