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p.oxy.10.1277 = HGV P.Oxy. 10 1277 = Trismegistos 21789



DDbDP transcription: p.oxy.10.1277 [xml]

AD 257 Oxyrhynchus

Αὐρηλία Σαραπιὰς Ἀρείου ἀστὴ
χωρὶς κυρίου χρηματίζουσα τέκνω(ν)
δικαίῳ κατὰ τὰ Ῥωμαίων ἔθη Αὐ-
ρηλίῳ Θέωνι Ἀμμωνίου(*) τοῦ καὶ
5Ἀφύγχιος ἀπʼ Ὀξυρ[ύγ]χων πόλεως
χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι
σοι τρίκλιν[ο]ν στρω̣μά̣τ̣ω̣ν̣ λινῶ̣ν
ποικιλτῶν διὰ̣ ὅ̣λ̣[ο]υ κα[ὶ] προσ-
κεφάλαια τέσσαρα   ̣  ̣α̣ καὶ λινᾶ τῆς
10αὐτῆς εἰδαίας(*) τιμῆς δραχμῶν
πεντακοσίων , (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) φ, ἃς καὶ ἐντεῦ-
θεν ἀπέσχον. κυρία(*) ἡ πρᾶσις
ἁπλῆ γραφεῖσα καθαρὰ καὶ βεβαιώ-
σω καὶ ἐπερώτημε(*) ὡς πρόκειται.
15(ἔτους) δ(*) Αὐτοκρατόρων Καισάρων
Πουπλ[ί]ου Λικιννίου Οὐαλεριανοῦ
καὶ Πο[υ]πλίου Λικιννίου Οὐαλεριανοῦ
Γαλλιηνοῦ Γερμανικῶν Μεγίστων
καὶ Πο[υ]πλίου Λικιννίου Κορνηλίου
20Οὐαλερ[ι]ανοῦ τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτου
Καίσα[ρος] Σεβαστῶν Μεσορὴ ιϛ.
(hand 2) Α[ὐρη]λ̣ί̣α Σαραπιὰς πέπρακα τὸ
τρίκλινον καὶ τὰ προσκεφάλαια
καὶ ἀπέσχον τὰς τῆς τιμῆς (δραχμὰς) φ
25καὶ βεβαιώσω καὶ ἐπηρώτημαι
ὡς πρόκ(ειται). Αὐρήλιος Ὡριγένης
ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ τῆς μητρὸς γράμ-
ματα μὴ εἰδυείης(*).

Apparatus


^ 4. corr. ex
^ 10. l. ἰδέας
^ 12. corr. ex καιρια
^ 14. l. ἐπηρώτημαι
^ 15. BL 9.184 : β̣α̣ (?)⟦⟧ prev. ed.
^ 28. l. εἰδυίης

Editorial History; All History; (detailed)

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HGV 21789 Translation (English) [xml]

(Translation: from P.Oxy. 10) Aurelia Sarapias daughter of Arius, citizen, acting without a guardian by right of her children according to Roman custom, to Aurelius Theon son of Ammonius also called Aphunchis,of Oxyrhynchus, greeting. I acknowledge that I have sold to you a three-sided couch with linen coverings embroidered throughout, and four ... linen cushions of the same quality for the price of five hundred drachmae, total 500 dr., which I thereupon received. This contract of sale of which there is a single copy, free from mistake, is valid, and I will guarantee the sale and have been asked the formal question, as aforesaid. The and year of the emperors and Caesars Publius Licinius Valerianus and Publius Licinius Valerianus Gallienus Germanici Maximi and Publius Licinius Cornelius Valerianus the most illustrious Caesar Augusti, Mesore 16. (Signed) I, Aurelia Sarapias, have sold the couch and cushions and received the 500 dr. for the price and will guarantee the sale, and have been asked the formal question, as aforesaid. I, Aurelius Origenes, wrote on behalf of my mother, who is illiterate.