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Advance sale of 220 knidia of wine TM 34855HermopolisV - VI

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The end of a contract from Hermopolis in which Aurelius Pames son of Dionysios acknowledges payment in advance for 220 knidia of wine and promises to deliver it, replacing any spoiled wine with good wine. It closes with a subscription written for the illiterate seller, two witnesses' statements and the notary's signature, from the 5th or 6th century AD.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] [… unfinished or smelling (?) from the] same wine, until the month of Tybi of the same indiction, [I agree to exchange it for you for good] wine without delay and without any [objection], judgment or lawsuit, and I am ready to deliver to you the […] wine from your estate, you having the right of execution [against me and against] all my property, as if by legal judgment. The [contract is valid] and guaranteed, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. I, Aurelius Pames son of Dionysios, the aforesaid, have been paid [the full price] of the 220 knidia of wine and I will deliver at the proper time [as aforesaid]. I, [Aurelius] Phoibammon son of Kollouthos, from Hermopolis, at his request wrote on his behalf, as he does not know letters. I, […] son of Taurinos, from Hermopolis, am witness to the contract and to the payment [of the gold of the] price of the wine. I, Aurelius Victor son of Horos, from Hermopolis, am witness to the contract [and to the payment of the gold] of the price of the wine. […] Written by me, Ioannes.

A knidion is a wine jar used as a measure. The beginning of the contract, naming the buyer, is lost; the clause on spoiled wine is largely restored.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Kauf von Wein gegen Vorauszahlung). 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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bgu.12.2176

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · V - VI · Hermopolis

[… ? lines lost …] ἀποίητος ἢ ὀζόμενος ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ οἴνου ἕως Τῦβι μηνὸς τῆς αὐτῆς ἰνδικτίονος ὁμολογῶ ἀλλάξειν σοι ἐν καλῷ οἴνῳ ἀνυπερθέτως καὶ ἄνευ πάσης ἀντιλογίας καὶ κρίσεως καὶ δίκης, καὶ ἑτοίμως ἔχω ἀποδώσειν σοι τὸν[…]ενον οἶνον ἀπὸ τοῦ σοῦ χωρίου, γινομένης σοι τῆς πράξε…