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Fragment of a sale contract with guarantee clauses TM 9824Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites193 - 211

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Fragment of a contract, probably a sale, involving 1,000 drachmas, with standard clauses guaranteeing the item against claims and charges. It mentions Herakleopolis and is dated under Septimius Severus (AD 193-211), from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[…] […] 1,000 drachmas […] […] from […] […] he will provide them free from […] […] and from every […] […] will guarantee with every guarantee […] […] anyone who brings a claim […] […] without […] […] and […] […] drachmas of silver […] […] […] […] of the current year […] […] the drachmas of silver having been transferred to me […] […] from Herakleopolis […] [Year …] of [Imperator C]aesar Lu[cius Septimius Severus] […] [… Augus]tus, 1 (?) […] […]

Much of the wording is restored from standard contract formulas; the object of the transaction is lost.

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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cpr.1.158

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 193 - 211 · Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites

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