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A receipt-style contract of sale in which Gaius […]ianus sells a full-grown female donkey to a woman named Ancharia for 348 silver drachmas, sold as is. It is dated to year 6 of Septimius Severus and Caracalla and comes from the Arsinoite nome.
The phrase 'this one just as she is' is the standard clause selling the animal without warranty of its condition. The month name is lost, so only the regnal year fixes the date.
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.
Γάιος[…]ιανὸς Ἀγχαρίᾳ Νο…[…]ίωνι χαίρειν. πέπρακά σοι ὄνον θήλειαν τελείαν τιμῆς νομίσματος ἀργυρίου δραχμῶν τριακοσίων τεσσαράκοντα ὀκτὼ , ταύτην τοιαύτην. ἔτους ϛ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Λουκίου Σεπτιμίου Σεουήρου Εὐσεβοῦς Περτίνακος Σεβαστοῦ Ἀραβικοῦ Ἀδιαβηνικοῦ Παρθικοῦ Μεγίστο…
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