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Letter Concerning Sale of a House
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Title
Letter Concerning Sale of a House
Description
Published as number 40 in P.WashU.I;
1 papyrus fragment 9.5 x 24;
23 lines of text;
Scope note: This is a letter concerning the sale of a house. The writer is buying from a person addressed as Your Reverence, and is selling in months;
Imaging and cataloging sponsored through APIS III, an NEH funded project.
1 papyrus fragment 9.5 x 24;
23 lines of text;
Scope note: This is a letter concerning the sale of a house. The writer is buying from a person addressed as Your Reverence, and is selling in months;
Imaging and cataloging sponsored through APIS III, an NEH funded project.
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Text
PW 40 – Inv 45
[ln 5] . . . from John, assistant, so that within the month of Tybi I shall pay you the entire
cost of this (house?) according to our agreement that Your Reverence, after the stated
time, shall deliver to him the contract of sale entrusted to you by me so that he may have
the ownership of the said house. The said John agrees with me in all the details
aforesaid.
Pachon 29, 7th indiction in Oxyrhynchus.
[ln 5] . . . from John, assistant, so that within the month of Tybi I shall pay you the entire
cost of this (house?) according to our agreement that Your Reverence, after the stated
time, shall deliver to him the contract of sale entrusted to you by me so that he may have
the ownership of the said house. The said John agrees with me in all the details
aforesaid.
Pachon 29, 7th indiction in Oxyrhynchus.
Citation
“Letter Concerning Sale of a House,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed April 27, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/7840.