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Sale of a half share of a house at Soknopaiou Nesos TM 9606Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)26. Jan. - 24. Febr. 83

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A contract of sale from Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum, in which the brothers Tesenouphis and Stotoetis sell to Apynchis a half share, inherited from their mother, of a house with courtyard. The price of 160 silver drachmas was paid through the bank of Kastor, and the sellers guarantee the property is free of claims.

In English machine translation

Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Domitian Augustus, month of Mecheir […], at Soknopaiou Nesos in the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. Tesenouphis aged […], scar […] right […] and left wrist, and Stotoetis aged […], scar […] and under the left knee, both sons of Tesenouphis son of Onnophris, acknowledge to Apynchis son of Tesenouphis son of Tesenouphis, aged 40, scar […] […] that they have sold to Apynchis according to this agreement […] […] of their father Tesenouphis […] death […] the maternal half share, common and undivided, of a house and courtyard and all appurtenances in the village of Soknopaiou Nesos in the Herakleides division, whose neighbours are […] of Apynchis, priest […] […] her husband, and son of […] […] house of Stotoetis […] […] of the same Apynchis […] […] to the acknowledging parties themselves […] […] of wooden (fittings?) […] […] the aforesaid half share […] […] rights […] […] […] of the receipt (?) […] […] and that they have received […] the price of the half share of the house sold, […] 160 drachmas of silver […] through the bank of Kastor and that Tesenouphis and Stotoetis and their successors will guarantee […] to Apynchis and his successors the things ceded with every guarantee and will deliver them untouched and unmortgaged and unencumbered by loans and clear […] and not previously ceded […] nor hindering Apynchis and his successors […] carrying off the produce from them […]

The document records Ptolemais Euergetis as place, though the text names Soknopaiou Nesos in restored wording; much of the names and price are editorial restorations. The price figure of 160 drachmas is restored.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Verkauf eines Hausanteils). 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. 83 · Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)

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