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Τίτος Φλάυιος Οὐαριανὸς γυμνασιαρχήσας βουλευτὴς τῆς Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως Αὐρηλίῳ Κοπρεῖ Ζβοίτιος μητρὸς Τετοσείριος ἀπὸ κώμης Μερμέρθων χαίρειν. πέπρακά σοι κ μέρος τοῦ κατ’ ἐμὲ ἡμίσους μέρους […]…[…]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 704878
Sale of a share of property by a councillor of Oxyrhynchus to a villager of Mermertha TM 704878OxyrhynchosIII
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Beginning of a sale contract in the form of a private letter (cheirograph) in which Titus Flavius Varianus, a former gymnasiarch and councillor of Oxyrhynchus, sells to Aurelius Kopreus of the village of Mermertha a share of a half-share he owns. The object of the sale is lost. Oxyrhynchus, 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Titus Flavius Varianus, former gymnasiarch, councillor of the city of the Oxyrhynchites,
to Aurelius Kopreus son of Zboitis, his mother being Tetoseiris, from the village of Mermertha,
[greetings.] I have sold to you […]
[the share] of the half [share] belonging to me […]
[…]
The letter after "I have sold to you" may be a numeral giving a fraction of the share; what was sold is lost with the rest of the text.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Chirographischer Kaufvertrag). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.