DDbDP transcription: p.ryl.2.164 [xml]
AD 171 Hermopolite
[- ca.12 -] μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ ἐμαυτῆς ἀνδρὸς Μητόκου Ἀχιλλέως Ἑρμαίῳ Διογένους ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως
[χαίρ(ειν). ὁμολογῶ πεπρα]κέναι σοι ἀπὸ τῆς ἐνεσ[τ]ώσης ἡμέρας ἐπὶ τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον τὰς ὑπαρχούσας μοι ἐν τῷ
[- ca.9 - περὶ Τερτ]ε̣σμῶνιν ἐκ τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοδώρου κλήρου γῆς κατοικικῆς ἀναιτήτου ἀρούρας ἕνδε-
5[κα ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ σὺν τοῖς ἐ]πετείοις αὐτῶν ἐκφορίοις, ἃς καὶ παραδώσω κατʼ ἀ[γρὸν] σπορίμας πλήρεις τῷ τῆς
[κατοικίας δικαίῳ σχ]οινίῳ καθαρὰς ἀπὸ βασ[ιλ]ικῆς καὶ παντὸς ἁπλῶ[ς ε]ἴδο[υ]ς [ο]ὔσας ἐν κοιναῖς
[καὶ ἀδιαιρέτοις σφραγ]ῖσι τέσσαρ̣σι ἥμισει τετ[άρ]τῳ ἐν αἷς ὑδρεύματα καὶ κρηπε̣[ὶ]ς(*) ἐξόπτης(*) πλίν-
[θου κοινῶν ὄντων καὶ τ]ῶν ὑδρευμάτων καὶ τῆς κρ[ηπ]εῖδος(*), τιμῆς τῆς πρ[ὸς ἀλλή]λους συμπεφωνημένης
[δραχμῶν - ca.13 -] ἀφʼ οὗ αὐτ[όθι] ἔσχον πα[ρὰ σο]ῦ διὰ χειρὸς δ[ρα]χ̣(μὰς)(*) τ[ρισχιλί]ας , (γίνονται) ἀργ(υρίου) (δραχμαὶ) Γ, τὰς δὲ λοιπὰς
10[δραχμὰς - ca.9 - ἀποδ]ώσεις ἕω̣[ς τριακάδος τοῦ ὄ]ν̣τος μηνὸς [Ἁθ]ὺρ [τοῦ ἐνεσ]τῶτος ιβ (ἔτους) Αὐρηλίου
[Ἀντωνίνου τοῦ κυρίου καὶ] καταγρά[ψω ὁπηνίκα ἐὰ]ν̣ αἱρῇ δημ[οσίῳ χρημα]τισμῷ διὰ τῶν ἐν Ἑρμοῦ
[πόλει ἀρχείων ἵνα κομί]σῃ τὸ τῶν [ἐγκτήσεων ἐ]πίσταλμα κ̣[αθαρὸν ἀπὸ] πάσης κατοχῆς, τῶν τοῦ
[κλήρου δημοσίων καὶ ἐπιμε]ρ̣ισμῶν πά[ντων ἀπὸ μὲν τῶ]ν ἔμπροσθεν [χρόνων μέ]χρι τοῦ διεληλυθότος ια (ἔτους)
[Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντ]ωνίνου Καίσαρο[ς τοῦ κυρίου] πρὸς ἐμὲ τ̣ὴ̣ν̣ [πωλοῦσαν, τῶ]ν̣ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ιβ (ἔτους)
15[πρὸς σὲ καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτ]ο̣ς̣ (ἔτους) β̣ ?, καὶ ἐν[τεῦθεν βεβαι]ώ̣σ̣ω τὰς αὐτὰς ἀ[ρούρας πάσῃ βε]βαιώσει, διὰ δὲ τοῦ τῆς καταγραφῆς
[χρηματισμοῦ ἔσονται αἵ τ]ε γειτνίαι καὶ αἱ̣ [τῆς πράσεως δι(?)]αστολαί. (ἔτους) [ιβ Αὐτοκρά]τορος Καί[σ]αρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου
[Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Ἀρμενι]α̣κοῦ Μηδικοῦ̣ [Παρθικοῦ Μεγίστο]υ Ἁθὺρ ζ. Πλουτ̣[- ca.10 -] ̣ ̣ Τ̣[ο]ύρβωνος τοῦ καὶ Ἀρητίωνος
[ -ca.?- ἔγραψα τὸ σῶμα](*)[ καθ]α̣ρ̣ὸ̣ν̣ ἀ̣π̣ὸ̣ [ἀλείφαδος καὶ ἐπιγ]ραφῆς καὶ χαράξ[εως (hand 2) ̣ ̣ ̣]α̣ρ̣ι̣ο̣ν̣ Ἑξακῶντος πέπρα-
[κα - ca.17 -] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ο̣[ ̣ καὶ βεβαιώσ]ω ὡς πρόκειτ[αι (hand 3) Μήτο]κ̣ο̣ς̣ Ἀχιλλέως ἐπιγέγρα(μμαι)
20[αὐτῆς κύριος - ca.20 - (hand 4) Σωσικό]σμιος ὁ καὶ Ζή[νειος - ca.9 -] ̣ ̣ βεβαιώσιν(*) καὶ καταγρά-
[ψειν (?)- ca.36 - ὡς πρόκει]ται.
Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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HGV 19514 Translation (English) [xml]
1 ‘… arion daughter of Hexakon son of Cornelius, of Hermopolis, registered at the Western Guard-house, my mother being Olympias … with my guardian my husband Metocus son of Achilles, to Hermaeus son of Diogenes of the same city, greeting. I acknowledge that I have sold to you from the present day for ever the 11… arurae of catoecic land not subject to demand belonging to me in the ... at Tertesmonis in the holding of Asclepiodorus, together with their yearly rentals, and will transfer these severally in good condition for sowing, in full, measured by the just measure used in the settlement, free from the cultivation of royal land and every impost whatever, contained in 4¾ common and undivided plots in which are watering-places and a quay of baked brick, also common, at the price mutually agreed upon of … drachmae. From this sum I have here received from you from hand to hand three thousand drachmae, total 3,000 silver dr. The remaining … drachmae you will pay me by the 30th of the present month Hathur of the current 12th year of Aurelius Antoninus the lord, and I will make the conveyance whensoever you please by an official deed through the record-offices in Hermopolis in order that you may receive the authorization of the land-registry office free from all liability. For the public dues on the holding and all additional levies from former times up to the past 11th year of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caesar the lord I, the vendor, am responsible, while you are responsible for those from the present 12th year inclusive; and I will henceforth guarantee the said land with every guarantee. The land-specifications and the conditions of sale will be included in the deed of conveyance.’ Date, signatures of the writer (?), of the vendor and her guardian, and possibly of the purchaser.