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Advance sale of wine with guarantee of quality TM 36938Oxyrhynchites579 - 580 (?)

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End of a contract for the advance sale of wine, in which the sellers promise to deliver wine at the vintage in Mesore of the 13th indiction, from the produce of the 14th indiction, and guarantee its quality until the end of Tybi, replacing any sour wine with first-quality wine. It was written by Papnouthios for the absent parties, probably in the Oxyrhynchite nome around AD 579-580.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] [at the vintage] of the month [Meso]re of the present thirteenth indiction, of wine from the vintage of the, God willing, fourteenth indiction, without delay. And I guarantee the quality and keeping of the wine until the whole of the month Tybi, and if any should be found in it sour or bad, that I will exchange these and furnish you the equivalent in first-quality wine. The contract, written in a single copy, is valid, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. The association of the aforementioned persons: this contract is satisfactory to us as set out above. I, Papnouthios, wrote on their behalf as they are absent. † Through me, Papnouthios, it was completed.

The beginning, with the names of the parties and the price, is lost. The final line is written in Greek using Latin letters, a common notarial practice of the period.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sale in advance of wine). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 579 - 580 (?) · Oxyrhynchites

[… ? lines lost …] […]ἐν τῇ τρύγῃ τοῦ Μεσορὴ μηνὸς τῆς παρούσης τρεισκαιδεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος οἴνου ῥύσεως τῆς σὺν Θεῷ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτης ἐπινεμήσεως ἀνυπερθέτως ἀναδέχομαι δὲ τὴν τοῦ οἴνου καλλονὴν καὶ παραμονὴν μέχρι ὅλου τοῦ Τῦβι μηνὸς καὶ εἴγε εὑρεθείη ἐν αὐτῷ ὀξέα ἤγουν φαῦλα …