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Beginning of a sale contract TM 33307Kellis (Oasis Magna)IV

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Opening of a sale contract from 4th-century AD Kellis in the Dakhla Oasis. An Aurelius from a village of the Mothite nome sells something described as "white" to an Aurelius of Kellis for a price in silver talents.

In English machine translation

Aurelius […] from the village of […] of the Mothite nome, to Aurelius […] from the village of Kellis of the same city, greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you from now for all time […] white […] […] for the price agreed between us, in silver of the coinage of the Augusti, […] talents […] […]

The object sold is lost; "white" may describe an animal, such as a white donkey or camel, or another item. Most of the wording is restored from standard sale formulas.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as p.kellis.1.34_App). 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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p.kellis.1.34_App

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV · Kellis (Oasis Magna)

Αὐρήλιος[…]ἀπὸ κώμης[…]τοῦ Μωθίτου νομοῦ Αὐρηλίῳ[…]ἀπὸ κώμης Κέλλεως τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι σοι ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν ἐπὶ τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον[…] λευκὸν […]τιμῆς τῆς συμπεφωνημένης ἀλλήλοις ἀργυρίου Σεβαστῶν νομίσματος τάλαντα[…] [… ? lines lost …]