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Greek translation of a sale of a house with pronesion at Soknopaiou Nesos TM 9912Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)21. Nov. 11

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Greek translation of an Egyptian (Demotic) contract in which a prophet sells a house, with its pronesion and appurtenances at Soknopaiou Nesos, to Satabous son of Herieus, guaranteeing the sale. His wife, a priestess of Souchos, gives her consent. Dated 21 November AD 11 under Augustus.

In English machine translation

[…] as far as possible. Year 41 of the dominion of Caesar, son of the god, month Hathyr 24. Says Emnithes (?) […] prophet, son of a prophet […] […] to Satabous son of Herieus the younger, his mother being Satabous: You have satisfied me with money, the price of the house belonging to me, built, roofed, fitted with doors […] […] all its appurtenances, in the village of Soknopaiou Nesos (of Soknopaios the great, great god) of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, with the existing measurements […] […] royal (streets?). It is yours from the present day for all time, and neither I nor anyone else at all shall be permitted to have ownership of them except you, from the […] […] by compulsion, without recourse (?), and I will guarantee them to you against all contracts and all agreements of every kind, whether brother or sister or son or daughter […] […] all contracts concerning them, and those made for my father and my mother concerning them, all contracts, and all contracts and all agreements […] […] I will do concerning them. The woman, priestess of Souchos, Tomsaeis daughter of Emnithes (?) Chairemon, her mother being Tamesthasytmis, his wife, consents, saying […] […] of the Themistos division: sale and cession of a house and a pronesion and a courtyard and empty plots and all appurtenances in […] […] the wife of Chairemon, Tomsaeis daughter of Chairemon, her mother being Tamesthasytmis […] son of Thasis, prophet, to Satabous son of Herieus, his mother being Satabous, the existing […] […] are, with measurements […] […] with every guarantee […] […] for her, letters […] [… ? lines lost …]

The text renders Demotic sale formulas (payment of price, cession, guarantee) into Greek; some Egyptian titles are garbled transliterations. A pronesion is a forecourt or vestibule structure of a house.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Traduzione greca del contratto di compravendita della casa con pronesion). 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 · 21. Nov. 11 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

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