One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9428
Sale of the slave Eudaimonis by Stotoetis to Chairemon TM 9428Arsinoites
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A contract from the Arsinoite nome, dated to year 5 of Tiberius, in which Stotoetis son of Stotoetis sells his female slave Eudaimonis to Chairemon son of Sokrates for 1,000 silver drachmas. It includes the usual guarantees and penalty clauses, the seller's own subscription and a registration note.
In English machine translation
Year 5 of Tiberius […]
[…] of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. Stotoetis son of Stotoetis […] aged about […] acknowledges […] (scar?) on the […] and the right hand, to Chairemon son of Sokrates […] aged about […] scar […], that he has sold to him by this agreement, from the present day for ever, the slave belonging to him, whose name is Eudaimonis also called […] aged about […], such as she is, not subject to return except for leprosy and epilepsy, and that Stotoetis has received from Chairemon the whole agreed price in full, forthwith, from hand to hand out of the house, […] 1,000 drachmas of silver, and that he will guarantee to Chairemon and his successors the slave sold to him as aforesaid, Eudaimonis also called […], with every guarantee except against flight; and let him deliver her free from claims, unmortgaged, not pledged for any loan, and clear of […] public debt up to the present day and of private […] and that no one shall lay claim to her or any part of her […] in any way, nor hinder Chairemon or his successors from owning them, mortgaging, alienating and using them as they choose […]; and with regard to the foregoing Stotoetis shall make no claim or charge nor proceed against the slave sold as aforesaid, Eudaimonis also called […]. Whatever of this Stotoetis transgresses, let him pay to Chairemon the price he received and the expenses twofold, and as a penalty 2,000 drachmas of silver, and the agreed terms shall be no less valid. Subscribers: for Stotoetis […] Satabous […]
I, Stotoetis son of Stotoetis […], acknowledge that I have sold to Chairemon son of Sokrates […] from the present day for ever the slave belonging to me whose name is Eudaimonis […] aged about 4 (?) […], such as she is, not subject to return, and I have received the whole price in full forthwith from hand to hand out of the house, […] 1,000 drachmas of silver, and I will guarantee her with every guarantee […] except against flight, as aforesaid […] I wrote on his behalf […]
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Chairemon son of Sokrates, aged about 2[…] years […]
Mecheir. Registered through the […] record office.
Much of the text, including the price figures, is restored from standard formulas. The exclusion clause names leprosy (literally 'touch') and the 'sacred disease' (epilepsy) as grounds for return.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as 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.
bgu.3.987
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