DDbDP transcription: p.nyu.2.15 [xml]
AD 67 or 68 Oxyrhynchite
τοῦ Κε̣φαλᾶτος μητρὸ̣ς Ταυ̣σοράπιο[ς -ca.?- , ἀπὸ -ca.?- , Βερενίκῃ, -ca.?- τοῦ]
Διονυσίου μ̣ητρὸς Βερενίκης̣ τ̣ῆς Δι̣ο̣[ -ca.?- , ἀπὸ -ca.?- , παρακε-]
χωρηκέναι αὐτῇ ἀκο̣[λούθως τοῖς διὰ τῶν ἐκ τοῦ ἱππικοῦ ᾠκονομήνοις ἀφʼ οὗ ἐπιδέδωκεν ἡ (ὁμολογοῦσα) -ca.?- ὑπομνήματος τῷ πρὸς τοῖς καταλοχισμοῖς τὰς ὑπαρχού-]
5σ̣ας αὐ̣τ̣ῇ περὶ̣ Ν̣έ̣σ̣λα τ̣[ῆς] ἄ̣νω [τοπαρχίας ἐκ τοῦ -ca.?- (καὶ ) κλήρου -ca.?- ]
ἀρούρας τρεῖς [σ]ὺ̣ν τοῖς ἐπετεί[οις ἐκφορίοις, ὧν γείτονες Νότου -ca.?- , Βορρᾶ -ca.?- , Λιβὸς -ca.?- , Ἀπηλιώτου -ca.?- ἵνʼ ὑπάρχωσιν τῇ Βερε-]
νίκῃ καὶ̣ ἐγγό̣ν̣οις(*) αἱ τρε̣ῖ̣ς ἄρο[υραι σὺν τοῖς ἄλλοις τιμίοις καὶ φιλανθρώποις κυρίως τὸν πάντα χρόνον ἀκολούθως τοῖς προστεταγμένοις καὶ ἐπεσταλ-]
μένοις, τ̣ὸ δὲ δ̣ιεσταμένον π[αραχωρητικὸν ἀργυρίου Σεβαστοῦ νομίσματος δραχμὰς -ca.?- αὐτόθι ἀπέχειν τὴν ὁμολο-]
γ̣οῦσαν παρὰ τῆς Βερενίκης ἐκ π̣[λήρους ἐν ἐπείγουσι καιροῖς καὶ μηθὲν παρασυγγραφήσειν μηδὲ κακοτεχνήσειν -ca.?- περὶ τὴν παραχώρησιν ταύτην]
10τρόπῳ μ̣ηδενί̣, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπάν̣[αγκον παρέξεσθαι ἡ (ὁμολογοῦσα) -ca.?- τῇ Βερενίκῃ ἢ τοῖς παρʼ αὐτῆς τὰς τρεῖς ἀρούρας διὰ παντὸς μὲν βεβαίας]
καθαρὰς δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ δημο̣σ̣ίων̣ [καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τελεσμάτων πάντων τῶν ἔμπροσθεν χρόνων μέχρι Μεσορὴ ἐπαγομένων ε τοῦ διελθόντος τρισκαιδε-]
κ̣άτου ἔτους καὶ αὐτοῦ τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ τ̣[ρισκαιδεκάτου ἔτους Νέρωνος Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος. ἐὰν δέ τι τούτων παρασυγγρα-]
φῇ, ἄκυρον ἔ̣σ̣τω καὶ προσαπ̣οτ[εισάτω τῇ Βερενίκῃ ἢ τοῖς παρʼ αὐτῆς καθʼ ὃ ἐὰν παρασυγγραφῇ εἶδος τό τε βλάβος καὶ ἐπίτιμον ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς -ca.?- καὶ εἰς τὸ δημόσιον]
[τ]ὰ̣ς̣ ἴ̣σας καὶ μ̣ηθὲν ἧσσον τὰ δι̣[ωμολογημένα κύρια ἔστω καθότι πρὸς ἀλλήλους συνεχώρησαν. (hand 2) (ἔτους) ιδ Νέρωνος Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος]
15[Σεβ]αστοῦ [Γερ]μανικοῦ Αὐτοκ[ράτορος, -ca.?- ιδ Νέρωνος Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος]
[ -ca.?- ] Traces
Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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APIS Translation (English)
Year fourteen of Nero Claudius Caesar August Germanicus Imperator, on Pachon the tenth, in the city of Oxyrhynchoi. N.N. daughter of N.N. son of Kephalas and of Tausarapis daughter of Horus, with as her guardian her husband (?) N.N. son of N.N. from --, acknowledges to Berenice, daughter of N.N. son of Dionysios and of Berenice daughter of Dio--, from ---, that she has ceded to her, in accordance with the administrative arrangements of those controlling cavalry affairs and on the basis of a memorandum submitted by her to the official in charge of the registry of military settlers' land grants, three arouras of catoicic land and land bought for conversion into catoicic land, belonging to her near Nesla in the Upper Toparchy in the kleros of N.N., together with the yearly rents thereof, of which the neighbors are: to the South --, to the North --, to the West --, to the East --, in order that the three arouras shall belong to Berenice and her offspring along with the other rights and benefits, irrefutably for all time, in accordance with the ordinances and instructions, and the she, the acknowledging party, has received from Berenice the agreed upon among of cession money, i.e. n silver drachmas of imperial money, on the spot and in full, at the moments when this was urgent, and that regarding this cession N.N. will not violate the contract and will not attempt any fraud, in any way whatsoever, and that the same (woman) will absolutely hand over to Berenice or to her representatives the three arouras fully guaranteed and free from all the public imposts and other dues, from previous years up to the 5th of the Epogomenai of Mesore of the past thirteenth year and including the thirteenth year of Nero Claudius Caesar August Germanicus Imperator. If she violates any of these provisions in the contract her action will be invalid and she shall forfeit to Berenice or to her representatives for every specific breach both the damages and a fine of n silver drachmas and to the state the sum, and nevetheless the contract as drawn up in accordance with their mutual harmonious agreement, shall be binding. (M. 2) In the 14th year of Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, on Pachon the tenth. It has been registered through N.N., tax-farmer (representing his colleagues). (Translation of P.NYU II 15a)