p.lond.5.1871
[… 10 lines lost …] […] καὶ τοῦτο νέμεσθαι καὶ ἐκμισθοῦν καὶ καρποῦσθαι τῆς βεβαιώσεως ταύτης τῆς ἄκυρος ἔστω καὶ προσαποτίσομεν […]ἐπιτίμου λόγῳ ὡς ἴδιον χρέος καὶ τὴν τῆς αὐτῆς τιμῆς τῶν κερατίων τριῶν
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 36981
Fragment of a sale contract with guarantee and penalty clauses TM 36981unbekanntVI
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Fragment from the end of a sale contract of the 6th century AD. The surviving lines contain standard clauses granting the buyer the right to possess, lease and enjoy the property, a guarantee against challenge, and a penalty payable as a private debt, with a mention of a price involving three carats.
In English machine translation
[… 10 lines lost …]
[…] and to possess this and lease it out and enjoy its produce […]
[…] of this guarantee […]
[…] let it be invalid, and we shall pay in addition […]
[…] by way of penalty, as a private debt, and the […]
[…] of the same price of the three carats […]
The object of the sale is lost. A carat (keration) was a fraction of the gold solidus, so the price was probably stated as a sum of solidi less or plus 3 carats.
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 - (?)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.