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Sale of the slave woman Chreste to Tasethis daughter of Ankophis TM 9362Soknopaiu Nesos? (Arsinoites)26. Jan. - 24. Febr. 138

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Fragment of a contract for the sale of a slave woman named Chreste, about 24 years old, sold by Dionysios to Tasethis, daughter of Ankophis of Soknopaiou Nesos, for 1500 silver drachmas paid by her father. The seller had himself bought her through the same record office in Mecheir of Hadrian's 22nd year (AD 138).

In English machine translation

[…] [of] Ankophis, of those from Soknopaiou Nesos in the Arsinoite nome, [a female] slave named Chreste, about 24 years old, whom [he himself] bought through the same record office in the 22nd year of the deified Hadrian, Mecheir, which is also the 1st year of Antoninus Caesar the lord, from Theon son of Theon, grandson of Petosiris; and the acknowledging party Dionysios has received from Ankophis, on behalf of his daughter Tasethis, the agreed price of 1500 drachmas of imperial silver coinage. Tasethis therefore is to hold and own the above-written slave sold to her, together with offspring and the […] […]

The date given is that of Dionysios' earlier purchase, Mecheir of Hadrian's year 22 equated with Antoninus' year 1; the present sale may be slightly later. The provenance is uncertain.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 26. Jan. - 24. Febr. 138 · Soknopaiu Nesos? (Arsinoites)

[… ? lines lost …] τοῦ Ἀνκώφιος τῶν ἀπὸ Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου δούλην, ᾗ ὄνομα Χρηστή, ὡς ἐτῶν εἴκοσι τεσσάρων, ἣν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐώνηται διὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀρχείου τῷ δευτέρῳ καὶ εἰκοστῷ ἔτει θεοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Μεχείρ, τῷ καὶ πρώτῳ ἔτει Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου παρὰ Θέωνος Θέωνος…