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Sale of a white male donkey at Kerkesoucha TM 9748Kerkesoucha (Arsinoites, Ägypten)28. Febr. 120 (Jahr unsicher)

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A contract for the sale of a white male donkey by a man from Karanis, son of Pasion, to Stotoetis son of Satabous, for a price of 100 drachmas. It was drawn up at Kerkesoucha in the Arsinoite nome in the reign of Hadrian, with subscriptions written by others for the illiterate parties.

In English machine translation

[recto] Year four […] of Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Phamenoth 3, at Kerkesoucha of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. […], son of Pasion, aged about […], with a scar on the left eyebrow, from Karanis, acknowledges to Stotoetis son of Satabous, aged about …, with a scar on the forehead on the left, that he has sold to him a male donkey, first-teething, white, without blemish (?). The acknowledging party has received as the price 100 [silver drachmas] […] […] I, Harpas son of Areios, [and of the buyer] Nik[…] […] I, […] son of Pasion, have sold as stated above. I […] wrote on his behalf […]lo, since he does not know letters. I, Stotoetis son of Satabous, [have bought] as stated above. […] I, Nik[…], wrote, since he does not know letters. […] [verso] …

The regnal year is partly lost, so the year is uncertain. 'First-teething' renders protobolos, a donkey that has just cut its first permanent teeth, and the word read as 'without blemish' (anaporriphos, literally 'not to be rejected') 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 Sale of a Donkey). 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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bgu.15.2480

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 28. Febr. 120 (Jahr unsicher) · Kerkesoucha (Arsinoites, Ägypten)

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