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Title Sale of a Donkey
Publications P.Mich. 9 551
More in series P.Mich.More in series P.Mich., vol. 9
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries VIII 215; XII 123
Origin Kerkesucha (Arsinoites)
More from Kerkesucha (Arsinoites)
Material Papyrus
Date 5. Sept. 103
More from the period between 103 CE and 104 CE
Commentary Zur Datierung vgl. BL VI, S. 83. Zum Fundort vgl. ZPE 187, 2013, S. 239. Zu Z. 8-9, 19 und 33 vgl. ZPE 194, 2015, S. 207.
Print Illustrations Lembke, Tradition and Transformation, S. 464, Fig. 11
Subjects Vertrag; Kauf (Esel); Quittung Preis; Notariatsvermerk
Images http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2197...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 12044 [source]

Publications P. Mich. 9 551 (Husselman, Elinor Mullett; 1971)
Inv. no. Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 4389
Date AD 103 Sep 5 (cf. BL 6, p. 83)
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, 00a - Kerkesoucha[written]; Egypt, 00a - Karanis (Kom Aushim)[found]
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Catalog Record: michigan.apis.2197 [xml]

Title Sale of a Donkey
Author Ammonios son of Severus
Summary Contract for the sale of a male donkey colt by Ammonios son of Severus to the veteran Gaius Valerius Longus, for the sum of 280 drachmai.
Citations Husselman EM, PMich IX, 551, 1971 -- BL VI, 83 (date); BL VIII, 215 (on line 22)
P.Mich.:9:551
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 4389
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 23.7 X 7.9 cm
Condition complete; slightly damaged along a fold
Lines 33
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto
Hands See electronic version of PMich IX, 551
Origin Kerkesoucha, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
More from Kerkesoucha, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Language Greek
Date September 5, 103 A.D.
More from the period between 103 CE and 104 CE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Recto; Verso is blank
Subjects Kerkesoucha, Herakleidou meris of the Arsinoite nome; Nilou (Neilou) polis of Herakleopolite nome; Notaries--Egypt--Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city); Donkeys--Egypt--Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city); Literacy--Egypt--Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city); Citizenship--Rome.; Bills of sale--Egypt--Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city); Veterans--Rome.; Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city); Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names Traianus, Emperor; Ammonios son of Severus; Gaius Valerius Longus, apolusimos apo stratias; Straton son of Kleon; Diodoros son of Apollonios
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DDbDP transcription: p.mich.9.551 [xml]

AD 103 Karanis < Kerkesoucha

ἔτους ἑβδόμου
Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος
Νέρουα Τραιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ
Γερμανικοῦ Δακικοῦ
5μηνὸς Σεβαστοῦ ἑβδόμηι
ἐν Κερκεσούχοις τῆς Ἡρα-
κλείδου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσι-
νοείτου νομοῦ. ὁμολογεῖ
(hand 2) Ἀμμώνιος(*) Σεουήρου
10ὡς (ἐτῶν) λ ο(ὐλὴ) ὑπὲρ ὀφρὺν ἀριστ(ερὰν)
ἀπὸ Νίλου πώλεως(*)
τοῦ Ἡρακλεωπωλίτου(*)
νομοῦ Γαίωι Οὐαλερῳ(*)
Λόγγῳ ἀπολυσίμου(*) στρα-
15τίας(*) ἐγ λεγεῶνος(*)
ὡς (ἐτῶν) μζ ο(ὐλὴ) ὀφρύει ἀριστερᾷ
πεπρακέναι αὐτῷ ὄνον
ἄρρενα πῶλον ἄβολ(ον) μυό-
χρουν ἀναπόρριφον(*). ἀπέχει
20<ὁ> ὁμολ(ογῶν) τιμὴν ἀργ(υρίου) (δραχμὰς) διακοσίας
ὀγδοήκοντα ἐκ πλήρους
διὰ χειρός. βεβαιοῖ. ὑπογρ(αφεὺς) τοῦ μὲν
ὁμολ(ογοῦντος) Στράτων Κλέωνος, τοῦ
δὲ ἄλλου Διόδωρο(ς) Ἀπολ(λωνίου). (hand 3) Ἀμμω-
25νεὶς(*) Σευήρου πέπρακα καθὼς
πρόκειται. ἔγραψεν ὑπὲ̣ρ̣ α̣ὐτο̣ῦ̣
Στράτων Κλέωνος μὴ εἰδό-
τος γράμματα. (hand 4) Γαΐωι(*)
Οὐαλέριος Λόγγος ἀπολύσιμος
30ἀπὸ στρατείας(*) ἐγ(*) λογεῶνος(*)
ἠγόρακα κ̣α̣θὼς πρόκ(ειται). ἔγρα(ψεν) ὑπὲρ
αὐτοῦ {του} Διόδωρος Ἀπολλω̣(νίου)
μὴ εἰδό(τος) γρά(μματα). (hand 5) ἐν(τέτακται) δι(ὰ) Κερ(κεσούχων)(*) γρ(αφείου).

Apparatus


^ 8-9. H.C. Youtie, Scriptiunculae Posteriores II, 694, n. 1 : ὁμολογεῖ | Ἀμμώνιος prev. ed.
^ 11. l. πόλεως
^ 12. l. Ἡρακλεοπολίτου
^ 13. l. Οὐαλερ<ί>ῳ
^ 14. l. ἀπολυσίμ\ῳ/
^ 14-15. l. στρα|τείας, BL 12.123 : στρα|τιᾶς prev. ed.
^ 15. l. ἐκ
^ 19. H.C. Youtie (cit. W.G. Claytor, ZPE 194 (2015), 207) : ἀναπόριφον prev. ed.
^ 24-25. l. Ἀμμώ |νιος
^ 28. l. Γάιος
^ 30. BL 12.123 : στρατειᾶς (l. στρατιᾶς) prev. ed.
^ 30. l. ἐκ
^ 30. l. λεγεῶνος
^ 33. H.C. Youtie (cit. W.G. Claytor, ZPE 194 (2015), 207) : Κ(ερκεσ)ού(χων) prev. ed.

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APIS Translation (English)

The seventh year of the Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, the seventh of the month of Sebastos, in Kerkesoucha in the division of Herakleides of the Arsinoite nome. Ammonios, son of Severus, about 30 years old, with a scar above his left eyebrow, from Nilopolis in the Herakleopolite nome, acknowledges to Gaius Valerius Longus, discharged from military service in the legion, about 47 years old, with a scar on his left eyebrow, that he has sold to him a male donkey colt that has not shed its first teeth, mouse-colored, not subject to rejection. The acknowledging party has received as the price two hundred and eighty drachmai of silver in full from hand to hand. He guarantees. Signatories are, of the acknowledging party, Straton, son of Kleon; of the other, Diodoros, son of Apollonios.;(2nd hand) I, Ammonios, son of Severus, have sold as aforesaid. I, Straton, son of Kleon, wrote for him because he is illiterate.;(3rd hand) I, Gaius Valerius Longus, discharged from military service in the legion, have bought as aforesaid. I, Diodoros, son of Apollonios, wrote for him because he is illiterate.;(4th hand) Registered in the grapheion of Kerkesoucha.