Sale of a white male donkey with pack-saddle TM 89151This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.26 July, A.D. 61

[recto] In Berenike on the Red Sea, year 7 of the sacred Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, Mesore 2. Horos son of Komaros, grandson of Germyllos, to Nektharautes son of Haryothes, greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you and have received from you here, by hand, from the house, the price of the male white donkey belonging to me, with pack-saddle, just as it is, not subject to return, 160 drachmas of silver in imperial and Ptolemaic coinage, total 160 silver drachmas. If anyone brings a claim against you or proceeds against you or those acting for you, either I myself or another on my behalf or those acting for me, in any way concerning the said donkey or its price or part of it, I myself will of necessity repel the claimant at my own expense, or I will repay the price I have received from you immediately without delay, and an equal sum to the public treasury, and whatever you are made to pay on this account or whatever expenses you incur. This agreement is to be valid for the sale and lawful wherever it is produced, as if registered in a public office. I, Horos son of Komaros, grandson of Germalos, have sold and received the price of 160 drachmas of silver, 160 drachmas, the price of the male donkey belonging to me, as stated above. Year 7 of Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. […] year 7 of the sacred Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, Mesore 2. […] [verso] 34 (?)