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Subscriptions to a sale for 460 drachmas with consents of relatives TM 9823Arsinoites3. Dez. 179

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Fragmentary end of a sale contract from the Arsinoite nome in which Thaesis, acting through her husband as guardian, sells three and one-sixth bikoi for 460 drachmas. Several relatives, including Thaisas, Nemesianos and a woman represented by her brother Philippos, add subscriptions consenting to the sale without prejudice to other debts owed to them. Dated 3 December 179.

In English machine translation

[…] […] […] […]atos from the same village, aged about 33, with a scar on the left forearm. The agreement is valid. I, Thaesis, with my guardian, my husband […]os, who also writes for her since she does not know letters, have sold the three and one-sixth bikoi and have received the 460 drachmas, and I will guarantee as stated above. I, Pnichthes, have signed […] […]. I, Thaisas, the aforementioned, with my guardian, my h[usband, who also] [writes for] me since I do not know letters, consent […] as stated above. And likewise there consents to the sale […] [and will provide them unencumbered] and free from loans […] […] daughter (?) of Longinus, her mother being Taais, from the same village, aged 29, honey-coloured, with her guardian, her [brother] Philippos, aged about 43, with a scar on the forehead, she being in no way prejudiced by this consent regarding the other things which the aforementioned Thaesis […] and Magona owe her. I, Nemesianos, the aforementioned, have consented as stated above. I, [so-and-so son of] Kallinikos, wrote for him since he does not know letters. […], with my guardian, my brother Philippos, consent to this sale as stated above, […] being in no way diminished in all my rights concerning the other things that are owed. I, Philippos, brother […] since they do not know letters. […] I have registered (?) it. Year 20 of the Aurelii Antoninus [and Commodus] [Caesars] the lords, [month] Hadrianos 6, and […] of the most splendid […]

The bikos was a jar measure; what exactly was sold is lost. Hadrianos was an honorific month name equivalent to Choiak.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · 3. Dez. 179 · Arsinoites

[… ? lines lost …] […]ημ[…] [… 1 line lost …] […]ατος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης ὡς ἐτῶν τριάκοντα τριῶν οὐλὴ πήχει ἀριστερῷ. ἡ ὁμολογία κυρία. Θαῆσις μετὰ κυρίου ἐμοῦ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς […]ος τοῦ καὶ ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς γράφοντος γράμματα μὴ εἰδυίης πέπρακα τοὺς βίκους τρεῖς ἕκτον καὶ ἀπέσχον τὰς δραχμ…