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A Greek translation of a Demotic Egyptian sale document (a 'document of cession' or quittance), in which the seller renounces all claims to the property sold, promises to defend the buyer against challenges, and hands over all earlier title deeds. It was written by a priestly scribe of Amonrasonther and the deified Ptolemies at Thebes, around 205-180 BC.
The clauses follow Egyptian Demotic legal formulas rendered into Greek; the beginning, with the parties and the property, is lost. Amonrasonther is the Greek form of Amun-Re, King of the Gods.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Griechische Übersetzung einer demotischen Verkaufsquittung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[…]καὶ οὐθέν σοι ἐγκαλῶ περὶ αὐτῶν ἁπλῶς παντὸς οὑτινοσοῦν οὔτʼ ἐγὼ οὔτʼ ἄλλος κυριεύσει αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας ἕως τοῦ ἀεὶ χρόνου. ἐὰν δέ τίς σοι ἐπέλθηι ἔκ τε τοῦ ἐμοῦ ὀνόματος ἢ ἄλλου ἀνθρώπου, ἀνεπιεικὲς ἐκστήσω αὐτὸν ἀπὸ σοῦ περὶ αὐτῶν καὶ βεβαιώσω σοι αὐτὰ ἀπὸ συναλλα…
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