Sale [VI AD]
Lower half of a sale of land with the guarantees and witnesses
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The lower part of a deed of sale in which Aurelius Phoibammon son of Pousi sells about 4 arouras of land near the village of Psyneris to Paulos for 24 gold solidi. It preserves the guarantee and mortgage clauses, the seller's signature and the subscriptions of five witnesses from Arsinoe, among them church clergy and a chief tax-farmer, followed by the notary's mark.
The final notary's line is written in Greek letters but in a phonetic, misspelled form. One witness, the church reader Phoibammon son of Pousi, has the same name and father as the seller, which may mean he was a brother or namesake.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sale [VI AD]). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Lower half of a sale of land with the guarantees and witnesses
[… ? lines lost …] καὶ αὐτὰ πάντα διπλᾶ πρὸς τὸ καὶ μετὰ τὴν τούτων πάντων καταβολὴν πάλιν ἰσχυρὰν καὶ ἀσάλευτον εἶναι τήνδε τὴν καταγραφὴν ἁπλῆν γραφεῖσαν καὶ ὑπέθετο ὁ πεπρακὼς Φοιβάμμων τῷ πριαμένῳ Παύλῳ εἰς ἅπαντα τὰ προγεγραμμένα ἅπαντα ἑαυτοῦ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ ὑπάρξοντα ἰδικ…
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