One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 43268
Record of auction sale of a debtor's confiscated property, including a vineyard TM 43268Between 250 and 150 B.C.
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Fragmentary Ptolemaic record of a public auction, conducted by the herald Nikanor, of property confiscated from the debtor Deinias, including a vineyard. It records deductions of 1,000 drachmas proved by bank payments at Krokodilopolis and a schedule of three annual instalments of 170 drachmas in years 12 to 14.
In English machine translation
[…] [through the] herald Nikanor, in year 12, to Deinias […]
[…]raton, the agent of […]
[…] of Kephalon the secretary […]
[…] of the collector (praktor) […]
[…] being present […]
[…] of the overseers (epistatai) and the other [customary persons] […]
through the herald Nikanor, in Epeiph of the 1[…] [year] […] [the]
property of Deinias, the debtor, purchased […]
on condition that he will pay
but there being deducted 1,000 drachmas, for which he showed as proof a bank payment order […]
through the [bank] at Krokodilopolis, year 13, ⟦Epeiph⟧ Pachon 21, by which he made [to] […]
the agent of Kephalon the secretary, of the sale […]
the collector ⟦of cavalry taxes⟧ ⟦of the sale⟧ of the property of Deinias converted into money […]
[…]
of which the collector made a sale […]
but there being deducted 1,000 drachmas ⟦of those according to the⟧ […] of […] the agent of […]
[…] the sale that took place [of the] property of Deinias converted into money, of the aforesaid
first instalment, written through the [bank] at Krokodilopolis, year 14
[…] of the first instalment, in copper at par
from the remaining 430 drachmas […] to make correct payment
⟦the remaining⟧ in […] ⟦to pay⟧ […]
the first instalment of year 12, 170, and the second of year 13, [170], and the third of year 14, 170, total 51[0] […]
[…]
[…] price […]
[…] vineyard […]
[…] his […]
[…] his vine[yard] […]
[…] through Apollo[nios] […]
[…] being present […]
The text appears to be a draft with many deletions. 'Copper at par' (chalkos isonomos) refers to payment in copper coin without the usual surcharge against silver.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
jjp.42.48
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