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Sale of a seventh share of a garden at Kellis TM 33309Kellis (Oasis Magna)IV

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A fragmentary deed of sale from 4th-century Kellis in the Dakhla Oasis, in which two or more Aurelii of Kellis sell to Aurelius Pebos son of Pamour a seventh share of a garden for 5,000 talents of silver. The boundaries are bare plots of the sellers and of Elias; the end preserves a consent clause and a subscription by someone writing for illiterate parties.

In English machine translation

[Fragment 1] Aurelii […] and […] from the village of Kellis of the city of the Mothites, to Aurelius Pebos son of Pamour, from the same, greetings. We acknowledge that we have sold to you, from now for all time to come, […] the seventh part of a garden belonging to us; neighbours: to the south, our bare land; to the north, our bare land again; to the west […]; to the east, the bare land of Elias, which came to us by inheritance […] for the agreed price of 5,000 talents of imperial silver, total 5 talents (?), […] and we are content and persuaded that from now on you shall possess the part sold to you […] together with the part of the […] and that you may manage and dispose of it in whatever way you choose, […] [… lines lost …] [Fragment 2] [… lines lost …] […] […] lady (?) […] Hierak[…] I consent to everything written herein as stated above. […] Aurelius […] from […] I wrote on behalf of him (them), as he does (they do) not know letters […]

The total in the text reads 'talents 5' (Ε) although the price is written out as 5,000 talents; the numeral may stand for 5 thousand. Much of the formulaic wording is restored from parallel Kellis sales.

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 Part of an Orchard). 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.1.39

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

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