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Cancellation of a sale in trust of a vacant plot at Pathyris TM 77Pathyris13. Sept. 111 v.Chr.

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A notarial record from the record office at Pathyris, dated 13 September 111 BC, recording that Panobchounis son of Totoes redeemed a vacant plot in the south of the town which he had pledged a year earlier to Patous and Bokenoupis through a sale in trust for 1 talent 1,000 bronze drachmas. The creditors acknowledge repayment and renounce all claims.

In English machine translation

[recto] Year 6, Mesore 29, at Pathyris, before Ammonios, agoranomos. Panobchounis son of Totoes has redeemed the sale of a vacant plot lying in the southern part of Pathyris, 2 cubits of solid measure, which he had mortgaged to Patous son of Pelaias and Bokenoupis son of Patous by a contract of sale in trust (drawn up) at the record office in Pathyris before Heliodoros, agoranomos, in year 5, Mesore 27, for 1 talent 1,000 drachmas of bronze; and Patous and Bokenoupis, being present at the record office, acknowledged that they have received (the money) and will make no claim in any way concerning all the things written in the sale. I, Ammonios, have registered (it). [verso] Redemption of Panobchounis

A 'sale in trust' (ōnē en pistei) was a security sale: the property was conveyed to the creditor as collateral and returned on repayment, here formally released (epilysis). The agoranomos was the public notary who registered such contracts.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Aufhebung eines Sicherungskaufs). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 13. Sept. 111 v.Chr. · Pathyris

[r] ἔτους ϛ Μεσορὴ κθ ἐν Παθύρει ἐπʼ Ἀμμωνίου ἀγορανόμου. ἐπελύσατο Πανοβχοῦνις Τοτοέους ὠνὴν ψιλοῦ τόπου τοῦ ὄντος ἐν τῶι ἀπὸ νότου μέρει Παθύρεως πήχεις στερεοῦ β ὃν ὑπέθετο Πατοῦτι Πελαίου καὶ Βοκενούπει Πατοῦτος κατὰ συνγραφὴν ὠνῆς ἐν πίστει ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐν Παθύρει ἀρχείου ἐφʼ Ἡλι…