Acknowledgement of sale; (verso) literary exercise
- sb;20;14681
Αὐρήλιος Δημήτριος Αὐρηλίου Ἄμμωνος μητρὸς Διδύμης ἀπὸ τῆς Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως Αὐρηλίοις Σερήνῳ καὶ Σεύθῃ ἀμφοτέροις Σαραπᾶτος μητρὸς […] ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι ὑμῖν δικαίωι παντὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν εἰς τὸν ἀεὶ χρόνον τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν τῇ θυγατρί μου Δημητρίᾳ τῇ καὶ Τααμόιτι ἐκ μητρὸς Τααμόιτος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως οὔ σῃ μοι ὑποχειρίᾳ κατὰ τοὺς Ῥωμαίων νόμους ἐν κώμῃ Σύρων τῆς λι βὸς τοπαρχίαςτοπαρχείας τοῦ αὐτοῦ ὈξυρυγχίτουὈξυρυγχείτου ἐν τοῖς ἀνὰ μέσον μέρεσι τῆς κώμης οἰκίαν καὶ αὐλὴν καὶ τὰ ταύτης χρηστήρια πάντα, ἧς γείτο νες νότου πρότερον Ῥωμαίου, βορρᾶ δημοσία ῥύμη μεθʼ ἣν Διὸς ἱερόν, ἀπηλιώτου ἐκ μὲν τοῦ ἀπὸ βορρᾶ μέρους σύνοδος τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἱεροῦ, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ἀπὸ νότου Τασεῦτος καὶ μετόχων, λιβὸς ἐμοῦ, τιμῆςτειμῆς τῆς αὐτῆς οἰκίας καὶ αὐλῆς ἀργυρίου Σεβαστοῦ νομίσματος δραχμῶν […] -χι λίων ἅσπερ αὐτόθι ὡς τιμὴν παρὰ ὑμῶν ὁμοίως ἀπέσχον διὰ χειρὸς ἐκ πλήρους καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὑφʼ ὑμῶν ἐξ ὁλοκλήρου με ἠριθμῆσθαιἠρηθμῆσθαι ὡμολόγησα, πρὸς τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν κρατεῖν ὑμᾶς καὶ κυριεύειν σὺν ἐκγόνοις καὶ τοῖς παρʼ ὑμῶν μεταλημψομένοις τῆς αὐτῆς οἰκίας καὶ αὐλῆς καὶ χρᾶσθαι καὶ διοικεῖν καὶ ἐπιτελεῖν περὶ αὐτῆς ὡς ἐὰν αἱρῆσθε ἀνεμποδίστως, μηδεμιᾶς μοι μηδὲ ἄλλῳ ὑπὲρ ἐ μοῦ μηδενὶ ἐπὶ ταύτην ἐφόδου καταλειπομένης, ἥνπερ καὶ ἐ πάναγκεςἐ πάναγχες παρέξεσθαι βεβαίαν διὰ παντὸς ἀπὸ πάντων πάσῃ βεβαι ώσει καὶ καθαρὰν ἀπό τε ἀπογραφῆς ἀνδρῶν καὶ γεωργίας βασιλι κῆςβασιλει κῆς καὶ οὐσιακῆς γῆς καὶ παντὸς εἴδους καὶ ὀφειλῆς πάσης καὶ κατο χῆς παντοίας καὶ ἀπὸ παντὸς οὑτινοσοῦν ἄλλου καὶ πάντα τὸν κα θʼ ὁνδηποτοῦν τρόπον ἐπελευσόμενον ἢ ἐμποιησόμενον ἀπο στήσεινἀπο στήσιν παραχρῆμα τοῖς ἰδίοις μου δαπανήμασι καθάπερ ἐκ δίκης. παρὼν δὲ ἐγὼ ὁ τῆς Δημητρίας τῆς καὶ Τααμόιτος ἀνὴρ Αὐρήλιος Μέλας Μέλανος βουλευτὴς τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως εὐδοκῶ τῇδε τῇ πρά σει. κυρία ἡ πρᾶσις τρισσὴ γραφεῖσα ἥνπερ ὁπηνίκα ἐὰν αἱρῆσθε δημοσιώσετε διὰ τοῦ καταλογείου, οὐ προσδεόμενοι μεταλήμψε ως ἢ εὐδοκήσεως ἑτέρας μου διὰ τὸ ἐντεῦθεν εὐδοκεῖν, καὶ περὶ τοῦ ὀρθῶς καλῶς πεπρᾶχθαι ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὑπὸ σοῦ ὡμολόγησα. […]
"Aurelius Demetrius son of Aurelius Ammon, his mother being Didyme, from the city of the Oxyrhynchites, to the Aurelii Serenus and Seuthes, both sons of Sarapas, their mother being N, from the same city, greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you with every right from henceforth for all time the house and courtyard and all its appurtenances belonging to my daughter Aurelia Demetria alias Taamois, her mother being Taamois, from the same city, who is under my power in accordance with the laws of the Romans, in the village of the Syrians in the Western Toparchy of the same Oxyrhynchitein the middle part of the same village, of which the neighbours are: on the south, the property formerly of Romaeus; on the north, a public street beside which is the temple of Zeus; on the east, in the northern a meeting house of the same temple, and in the southern part the property of Taseus and her co-owners; on the west, property of mine, at a price for the same house and courtyard of n thousand drachmas of Imperial silver, which likewise I have forthwith received from you as payment from hand to hand in full, and in response to the formal question by you I have agreed that I have had counted out the money in full, so that from now on you with all your descendants and successors may have possession and ownership of the same house and courtyard, and use, deal with, and act concerning it however you may choose without impediment, no right of proceeding against it remaining to me or anyone else on my behalf. And I shall necessarily deliver it over guaranteed in perpetuity against all claims with every guarantee and free from liability for personal service and cultivation of royal and domain land and from every impost and every debt and every sort of lien and from everything else whatsoever. And every person, who in any manner whatsoever shall proceed against or make a claim upon you, I shall at once repel at my own expense as if in consequence of a legal decision. I, Aurelius Melas son of Melas, concillor of the same city, the husband of Demetria alias Taamois, being present consent to this sale. The sale is valid, being written in three copies, and whenever you choose you may publicly register it through the record office, without requiring any further concurrence or consent from me by virtue of my consent herein. And in response to the formal question whether this sale has been made in the right and proper manner, I have agreed."
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