One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 40982

Sale of four arouras of land near Psyneris, with witness subscriptions TM 40982501 CE – 599 CE

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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.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] and all these double, so that even after the payment of all these, this deed of sale, written in a single copy, shall again be valid and unshakeable. And the seller Phoibammon has pledged to the buyer Paulos, for all the aforesaid, all his property present and future, specifically and generally, by way of pledge and by right of mortgage, as if by legal judgment. And on these terms the seller Phoibammon, having been asked by the buyer Paulos about each of the aforesaid, in person, I agreed. † I, Aurelius Phoibammon son of Pousi, my mother being Kyra, the aforesaid, have sold the 4 arouras, more or less, belonging to me in the plain of the village of Psyneris, in the area of the holding called Pia Antriou, and I have received in full the price for them, 24 full gold solidi, given into my hands in the presence of the witnesses signing below, and having read and signed with my own hand I have issued (the deed). I, Flavius Apa Ol son of Neilos, from the city of the Arsinoites, witness this sale, and I was also present at the payment of the gold as aforesaid. † I, Phoibammon, reader of the holy catholic church of the city of the Arsinoites, son of Pousi of pious memory, witness this sale, and I was also present at the payment of the gold as aforesaid. † I, Aurelius Ammonios son of Abraamios, chief tax-farmer, from the city of the Arsinoites, witness this sale, and I was also present at the payment of the gold as aforesaid. † I, Aurelius Phoibammon son of the blessed Menas, priest, from the city of the Arsinoites, witness this sale and the payment of the gold as aforesaid. † I, Leontios, deacon of the catholic church of the city of the Arsinoites, son of Petros, witness this sale, and I was also present at the payment of the gold of the price as aforesaid. † Through me, Apa Ol son of Epiphanios. Through me, Apa Ol.

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.

Sale [VI AD]

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · Col.inv. 553 recto · 501 CE – 599 CE

Lower half of a sale of land with the guarantees and witnesses

p.col.8.244

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 501 CE – 599 CE

[… ? 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…