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A private contract (cheirographon) in which the seller acknowledges selling a female donkey and two female foals for 70 silver drachmas and receiving the full price. It dates to the reign of Trajan (AD 103-117) and comes from the Arsinoite nome.
The validity clause treats this private handwritten deed (cheirographon) as if it had been registered in a public archive. The opening lines with the parties' names are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sale of a Donkey and Two Foals). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] […]…[…]σ…β[…]ρει…β…… […]ου. ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι σοὶ τὴν ὑπάρχουσάν μοι ὄνον θήλειαν καὶ πώλους θηλείας δύο ἀργυρίου δραχμῶν ἑβδομήκοντα […]καὶ ἀπέχω τὴν τιμὴν ἐκ πλήρους. ἡ χεὶρ ἥδε κυρία ἔστω ὡς ἐν δημοσίωι κατακεχωρισμένη — ἔτους … Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Νέρουα…
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