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Bank record of payment for cession of house shares at Soknopaiou Nesos TM 9609Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)26. Jan. - 24. Febr. 83

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Copy of a bank record from the bank of Kastor documenting payments by Apynchis son of Tesenouphis to the brothers Tesenouphis and Stotoetis for the cession of a half share of a house and courtyard at Soknopaiou Nesos (160 drachmas) and of a further quarter share of other property (40 drachmas). It dates to Mecheir of Domitian's second year (AD 83) and was drawn up at Ptolemais Euergetis in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

Copy of a bank payment record from the bank of Kastor son of S[…] […] Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Domitian Augustus, Mecheir […]. Apynchis son of Tesenouphis to Tesenouphis and Stotoetis, both sons of Tesenouphis: the principal price for cession of a half share of a jointly owned and undivided house and courtyard and all appurtenances in the village of Soknopaiou Nesos, 160 drachmas of silver, total 160 drachmas; and likewise […] of a fourth share […] of brick (?) […] and […] of wooden (?) […] […] […] temple […] 40 drachmas of silver, total 40 drachmas; the sums together, in accordance with the receipt with six witnesses made out to him. [200 drachmas]

A diagraphe is a bank's official record of a payment, here for a parachoresis (cession), a transfer of property rights functioning like a sale. The total of 200 drachmas at the end is restored from the two sums.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Bankquittung). 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.11.2099

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 26. Jan. - 24. Febr. 83 · Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)

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