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1,msupἐκδόσιμ[ον ι]ζ (ἔτους) Παχὼν α
Κρονίων Ἡ̣ρώδου ὁμολογῶι(*) πεπρακέναι Διδύμωι Διδύμου κατὰ τήντε(*) τὴν ὁμολογίαν ταύτην ἀπὸ τῆς ἐνεστώσης ἡμέρας ἐπὶ τὸν ἅπαντα χρό-
νον τὴν ὑπ[άρ]χουσάν μοι περὶ Πτολεμαιδαν(*) Μελισσουργῶν ἱερὰν γῆν ἀπὸ κατεργασίας ἐν μιᾷ σφραγεῖδει(*) ἀρούρας πέντε ἢ ὅσαι ἐὰν ὦσειν(*), ὧν γίτο-
νες(*) νότου χ[έ]ρ̣σος, βορρᾶ πρότερον Πετερμούθεως γῆ νυνεὶ(*) δὲ Ἡρακλείου γῆ, λιβὸς βασιλικὴ γῆ καὶ ἐπί τι μέρος ὠνημένη χέρσος, ἀπηλιωτης(*) βασιλικὴ γῆ·
καὶ ἀπέχωι(*) τὴν συνκεχωρημένην τιμὴν πᾶσαν ἐκ πλήρους διὰ χειρὸς ἐξ οἴκου καὶ βεβαιώσω τὴν πρᾶσειν(*) πάσῃ βεβαιωσειν(*) ἀπὸ μὲν δημοσίων ὀφι-
5λημάτων(*) πάντων καὶ ἐπιγραφῶν πασῶν καὶ παντὸς εἴδους τῶν ἐπάνω χρόνων μέχρει(*) τοῦ διεληλυθότος πεντεκαιδεκάτου ἔτους καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ
πεντεκαιδεκάτου ἔτους Τιβερίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ ἀπὸ δὲ ἰδιωτικῶν καὶ πάσης ἐνποιήσεως ἐπὶ τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον, σὺν τῷ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ἑκκαιδεκά-
του ἔτους Τιβερίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ ἐκφορίωι, μηνούσης(*) τῷ γεωργῶι τῆς τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους μισθώσεως. εὐδοκεῖ ἡ συνοῦσά μοι κατὰ νόμους γυνὴ
Θερμοῦθις Ἀλκίμου τῇ πράσει ταύτῃ καὶ μὴ ἐπελεύσεσθαι ἐπὶ τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον μηδὲ ἐνκαλέσιν(*) μηδὲ ἄλλον τινὰ ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς καθότι πρόκιται.
Κρονίων γέγραφα ὑπὲρ τῆς γυναικός μου μὴ εἰδυείης(*) γράμματα καὶ ἐπιγέγραμμαι αὐτῆς κύριος. v
Κρ[ο]ν̣ίων ὡς (ἐτῶν) νζ ο(ὐλὴ) πήχ(ει)
ἀριστε[ρῷ]
Θ̣ε̣ρμοῦθ̣[ις] ὡς (ἐτῶν) με ο(ὐλὴ)
̣[ ̣]ιτω ̣ ̣ ̣ω̣ μέσωι.
Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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APIS Translation (English)
(Recto);;Official copy. 17th(?) year, Pachon 1.;;I, Kronion, son of Herodes, acknowledge that I have sold to Didymos, son of Didymos, in accordance with this contract from the present day forever the sacred land that belongs to me near Ptolemais Melissourgon, from that which is under cultivation, five arourai or as many as there may be in one parcel; the neighbors being on the south the uncultivated land, on the north the land that formerly belonged to Petermouthis but which now belongs to Herakles, on the west crown land and in part the uncultivated land tat has been purchased, on the east crown land. And I have received the entire price agreed upon, in full, from hand to hand, out of the house, and I guarantee the sale with every guarantee from all public debts and all additional taxes and every impost of former times up to the past fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus and of the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus as well as from all private debts and every claim forever, together with the rent of the present sixteenth year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, the lease for this same year remaining valid for the tenant. And my wife, who lives with me legally, Thermouthis, daughter of Alkimos, consents to the sale and agrees not to proceed against it forever and not to bring any claim and that no one else shall do so in her behalf as aforesaid. I, Kronion, wrote for my wife since she is illiterate, and I am her appointed guardian.;;(Verso);;Kronion, about 57 years old, with a scar on his left forearm.;Thermouthis, about 45 years old, with a scar in the middle of her . . .
APIS Translation (English)
I, Kronion, son of Herodes, acknowledge that I have sold to Didymos, son of Didymos, in accordance with this contract from the present day forever the sacred land that belongs to me near Ptolemais Melissourgon, from that which is under cultivation, five arourai or as many as there may be in one parcel; the neighbors being on the south the uncultivated land, on the north the land that formerly belonged to Petermouthis but which now belongs to Herakles, on the west crown land and in part the uncultivated land tat has been purchased, on the east crown land. And I have received the entire price agreed upon, in full, from hand to hand, out of the house, and I guarantee the sale with every guarantee from all public debts and all additional taxes and every impost of former times up to the past fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus and of the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus as well as from all private debts and every claim forever, together with the rent of the present sixteenth year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, the lease for this same year remaining valid for the tenant. And my wife, who lives with me legally, Thermouthis, daughter of Alkimos, consents to the sale and agrees not to proceed against it forever and not to bring any claim and that no one else shall do so in her behalf as aforesaid. I, Kronion, wrote for my wife since she is illiterate, and I am her appointed guardian.
APIS Translation (English)
I, Kronion, son of Herodes, acknowledge that I have sold to Didymos, son of Didymos, in accordance with this contract from the present day forever the sacred land that belongs to me near Ptolemais Melissourgon, from that which is under cultivation, five arourai or as many as there may be in one parcel; the neighbors being on the south the uncultivated land, on the north the land that formerly belonged to Petermouthis but which now belongs to Herakles, on the west crown land and in part the uncultivated land tat has been purchased, on the east crown land. And I have received the entire price agreed upon, in full, from hand to hand, out of the house, and I guarantee the sale with every guarantee from all public debts and all additional taxes and every impost of former times up to the past fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus and of the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus as well as from all private debts and every claim forever, together with the rent of the present sixteenth year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, the lease for this same year remaining valid for the tenant. And my wife, who lives with me legally, Thermouthis, daughter of Alkimos, consents to the sale and agrees not to proceed against it forever and not to bring any claim and that no one else shall do so in her behalf as aforesaid. I, Kronion, wrote for my wife since she is illiterate, and I am her appointed guardian.