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The end of a private handwritten contract (cheirographon) in which the sellers acknowledge receiving the remaining 800 drachmas of the price in a sale and guarantee the sale. It was written by Sokrates also called Ammonios, and Ischyrion son of Ammonios confirms receipt with his brother; dated 15 May AD 160 in the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.
The object of the sale is lost with the beginning of the document. The phrase 'it is clean' probably certifies the document is free of corrections, and 'the additional drachmas' appear to be a sum paid outside the stated price.
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.
[… ? lines lost …] οσμ[…] ακοσια[…]ὁμολογῶ ἀπεσχηκέναι παρὰ σοῦ ὁμοίως ἐξ ἴσου διὰ χειρὸς καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς δραχμὰς ὀκτακοσίας καὶ τὴν βεβαίωσιν ἡμῖν ἐξακολουθεῖν τῇδε τῇ πράσει ἀκολούθως. τὸ χειρόγραφον τοῦτο κύριον ἔστω ὅπερ δισσόν σοι ἐξεδόμεθα Σωκράτης ὁ καὶ Ἀμμώνιος ἔγραψα τὸ σ…
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