ἔτους τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτου Αὐτοκρά[το]ρ̣ο̣ς̣ Τ̣[ραιανο]ῦ̣ Ἁδριανοῦ
Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ, ἐπὶ ὑπάτων Μάρκου Φλ̣α̣υ̣ουίου
Ἄπρο[υ] καὶ Κοείντου Φαβίου Κατηλίνου
πρὸ τριῶν ε̣ἰ̣δ̣[ῶν Σεπτεμβρί]ων,
κατὰ τὸ<ν> ἀριθμὸν τῆς νέας ἐπαρχίας Ἀ[ρ]α̣β̣[ί]α̣ς̣ [ἔτους πέμ<π>του]
κ̣α̣ὶ 5 εἰκοστοῦ Γορπιαίου τετάρτῃ καὶ κας,
ἐ[ν Μαωζᾳ περιμέτρῳ Ζοο-][ρ]ω̣ν̣, Βαβαθας Σίμωνος Σ̣ί̣μωνι Ἰ̣η̣[σούου Ἀνανίου(?), ἀμφότεροι]
[οἰκοῦντες ἐν] Μ̣α̣ω̣ζ̣[ᾳ χ]α̣[ί]ρ̣ε̣ιν· ὁμο̣λ̣[ογῶ πεπρακέ]ν̣α̣ι̣ σ̣ο̣ι̣ κ̣αρ-[πίαν] φ̣[οινι]κ̣ῶ̣ν̣ο̣ς̣ [κήπ]ω̣ν̣
Ἰούδο]υ Χ̣θ̣ο̣υ̣ - σίωνος ἀνδρός μου ἀπογ̣ε̣νομένου̣ ἐ̣[ν Μα]ω̣ζᾳ, κ̣ατ̣έ̣χω̣ αὐ-
τὰ ἀντὶ τῆς προοικός μου καὶ ὀφι̣λ̣ῆ̣ς̣,
λ̣[εγ]ό̣μ̣εναι γ̣α̣ν̣ναθ Φερωρα καὶ γανναθ Νικαρκος καὶ̣ ἡ τ̣ρί̣[τη το]ῦ Μολχαίου
εἰς τὸ ἐνεστωτὸς ἔτους̣,
σοῦ τελοῦντός μοι ε̣ἰς τὸν προγεγρα-
μμένον ἐνιαυτὸν εἰς τοὺς αὐτοὺς κήπ̣ους πατη̣τ̣οῦ πρῶτου καὶ δευτέρου τάλαντα τεσσαράκ̣ο̣ν̣τα δύω
στάνων σοι αὐτὰ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ σου
ζύγῳ Μαωζ̣[ας τ]ῷ καιρῷ τῶν ψυ-
γμῶν \ἔτι δὲ/ καὶ συροῦ καὶ να[α]ρ̣ου κοβαλ<εύ>ων
[αὐ]τὰ̣ εἰς τὴ\ν/ οἰκία\ν/ σου
κόρους δύο σάτα πέντε μέτρῳ Μαωζας. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ τελι-
σοις μοί τὸν προγεγραμ̣μένον [φο]ί̣νι̣[κα, π]ᾶν καθὼς̣ προ-
γέγραπτε, δώσις μοί ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ τάλαντο̣ν δηνάρια δύω
καὶ συροῦ καὶ νααρου μέλαναν μίαν , ἐμοῦ καθαραποιοῦντός
σοι τοὺς προγεγραμμένους κήπους ἀπὸ π̣α̣ντὸς ἀντιποιου-
μένου. ἐὰν δέ τίς σοι ἀντιποιήσῃ τοῦ ἀγοράζματος
καὶ μὴ σταθῖσα κυριοποιήσω σοι καθὼς προγέγραπτε,
ἔσο-
μαί σοι ὀφίλουσα ἀντὶ τῶν σῶν κόπων καὶ ἀναλωμάτων
ἀργυρίου δηνάρια εἴκ̣ο̣[σ]ι̣ κα̣τ̣ὰ̣ μ̣η̣δὲ̣[ν] ἀ̣ν̣τ̣[ι]λ̣έ̣γων.
κα[ὶ] εἴ τι ἂ̣[ν περισσευθῇ εἰς τοὺς] π̣ρ̣ο̣γ̣ε̣γ̣[ραμμένους κήπους, φοί-]
ν̣[ι]κ̣α̣ το̣[ῦ] Ἰ̣ο̣[ύδο]υ̣ λ̣ήμ̣ψ̣[ει εἰς σεαυτὸν ἀντ]ὶ τῶν
σῶν κόπων καὶ ἀναλω[μ]άτων. [δι]ὰ̣ ἐ[πιτρ]ό̣που αὐτῆς καὶ
ὑπογράφοντος Ἰωαανης Μαχχ̣ουθας
τῆς αὐ[τῆ]ς Μαωζα<ς>, πίστεως ἐπερωτημένης
καὶ ἀνθομολογημένης.
ἐπιγραφή· ἔτι δέ.
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In the fourteenth year of the Emperor Trajan Hadrian Caesar Augustus, during the consulate of Marcus Flavius and of Apprius and of Coeindus Fabius Catilinus, before three days of September, according to the number of the new province of Arabia in the fifth year and the twenty-fifth of Gorpianus, on the fourth day, in the territory of Maozai, Simon son of Babathas and Simon son of Jesus of Ananias, both residing in Maozai, greetings: I have agreed to give you a share of the produce of the gardens of the palm trees, two measures of five meters of Maozai. If you do not complete the aforementioned agreement, give me for each talent two denarii and one black measure of syrup and one black measure of syrup, while I am purifying the aforementioned gardens from any claim. If anyone claims the purchase and does not stand firm, I will owe you instead of your labors and expenses, silver denarii, twenty, without any objection. And if anything remains in the aforementioned gardens, let it be taken by you instead of your labors and expenses. By the authority of this and signed by Joannes Machhuthas of the same Maozai, of faith, having been questioned and agreed upon. Inscription: And also.
ἔτους τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτου Αὐτοκράτορος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ, ἐπὶ ὑπάτων Μάρκου Φλαουίου Ἄπρου καὶ Κοείντου Φαβίου Κατηλίνου, πρὸ τριῶν εἰδῶν Σεπτεμβρίων, κατὰ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῆς νέας ἐπαρχίας Ἀραβίας ἔτους πέμπτου καὶ εἰκοστοῦ Γορπιαίου τετάρτῃ καὶ εἰκάδι, ἐν Μαωζᾳ περιμέτρῳ Ζοορων, Βαβαθας Σίμωνος Σίμωνι Ἰησούου Ἀνανίου(?), ἀμφότεροι οἰκοῦντες ἐν Μαωζᾳ χαίρειν· ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι σοι καρπίαν φοινικῶνος κήπων Ἰούδου Χθουσίωνος ἀνδρός μου ἀπογενομένου ἐν Μαωζᾳ, κατέχω αὐτὰ ἀντὶ τῆς προικός μου καὶ ὀφειλῆς, λεγόμεναι γανναθ Φερωρα καὶ γανναθ Νικαρκος καὶ ἡ τρίτη τοῦ Μολχαίου εἰς τὸ ἐνεστὸς ἔτος, σοῦ τελοῦντός μοι εἰς τὸν προγεγραμμένον ἐνιαυτὸν εἰς τοὺς αὐτοὺς κήπους πατητοῦ πρώτου καὶ δευτέρου τάλαντα τεσσαράκοντα δύο στανόντός σοι αὐτὰ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ σου ζύγῳ Μαωζας τῷ καιρῷ τῶν ψυγμῶν ἔτι δὲ καὶ συροῦ καὶ νααρου κοβαλεύοντος αὐτὰ εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν σου κόρους δύο σάτα πέντε μέτρῳ Μαωζας. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ τελέσῃς μοι τὸν προγεγραμμένον φοίνικα, πᾶν καθὼς προγέγραπται, δώσεις μοι ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ ταλάντῳ δηνάρια δύο καὶ συροῦ καὶ νααρου μέλαναν μίαν, ἐμοῦ καθαροποιούσης σοι τοὺς προγεγραμμένους κήπους ἀπὸ παντὸς ἀντιποιουμένου. ἐὰν δέ τίς σοι ἀντιποιήσῃ τοῦ ἀγοράσματος καὶ μὴ σταθεῖσα κυριοποιήσω σοι καθὼς προγέγραπται, ἔσομαί σοι ὀφείλουσα ἀντὶ τῶν σῶν κόπων καὶ ἀναλωμάτων ἀργυρίου δηνάρια εἴκοσι κατὰ μηδὲν ἀντιλέγουσα. καὶ εἴ τι ἂν περισσευθῇ εἰς τοὺς προγεγραμμένους κήπους, φοίνικα τοῦ Ἰούδου... λήμψει εἰς σεαυτὸν ἀντὶ τῶν σῶν κόπων καὶ ἀναλωμάτων. διὰ ἐπιτρόπου αὐτῆς καὶ ὑπογράφοντος Ἰωάνου Μαχχουθα τῆς αὐτῆς Μαωζας, πίστεως ἐπηρωτημένης καὶ ἀνθωμολογημένης. ἐπιγραφή· ἔτι δέ.
ἐγράφη διὰ Γερμανοῦ λιβλαρίου.
In the fourteenth year of Emperor Trajan Hadrian Caesar Augustus, during the consulship of Marcus Flavius Aper and Quintus Fabius Catullinus, three days before the Ides of September, according to the numbering of the new province of Arabia, in the twenty-fifth year, on the twenty-fourth day of the month Gorpiaeus, in Maoza, in the district of Zoora, Babatha daughter of Simon greets Simon son of Jesus son of Ananias(?), both residing in Maoza. I acknowledge that I have sold to you the produce of the date palms from the gardens of Judah son of Khthousion, my late husband, located in Maoza, which I hold as security for my dowry and debt, called the garden of Pheroras, the garden of Nikarkos, and the third garden of Molchaios, for the current year. You will pay me for the aforementioned year, for these same gardens, forty-two talents of first and second quality dates, weighed in your house by the Maoza standard at the time of drying, and also two koroi and five sata of Syrian and Nabatean dates, measured by the Maoza standard, delivered to your house. If you do not deliver to me the aforementioned dates exactly as written, you will pay me two denarii for each talent and one measure of Syrian and Nabatean dates, while I guarantee you the aforementioned gardens free from any claim. If anyone disputes your purchase and I do not duly confirm your ownership as written, I will owe you twenty silver denarii for your trouble and expenses without objection. And if there is any surplus from the aforementioned gardens, the dates of Judah... you will take for yourself in return for your trouble and expenses. Through her guardian and undersigned Ioannes son of Makhoutha of the same Maoza, having been questioned and having acknowledged under oath. Subscription: and further.
Written by Germanus, librarius (scribe).