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(It was) the year 507, the month New-year, when (this) purchase contract was written here in Rizm, in
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the fortress Kah, with the cognizance (and) in the presence of the god Wakhsh, the granter of favours (and) fulfiller of wishes, great (and) wonderful, who
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has worship in Kah, and in the presence of Sor, the lord of (the estate) Spandagan, the satrap of Rizm, and also in the presence of
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the assembled freemen of the district who were present there amongst (them) and (who) bear witness concerning this matter,
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when a contract to give and to sell was freely and willingly made by me, Absih, and by me, Sor, and by me,
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Wakhsh-burd, and by me, Meyam, the sons of Wahran, we whose house they call Spandagan,
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servants of the khar of Rob. Now: a certain property has been given and sold, freely and willingly, (a) disposable (property) in Askin,
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our own ancestral estate, this (same) property which they call the village of
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Zerd, to you, Zar-yol son of Zar-yol, and to you, Bredag, and to you, Sand, the servants of the Luguran (family), whose house here in Rizm
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they call Surkhih Lizak. The property whose name (is) the village of Zerd has been given and sold for
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one hundred and fifty good, locally current Arab dirhams of silver; and (the price) has been received by me all complete, (and) I have become satisfied (and) content,
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(and) the price agreed I acknowledge (to be) profitable and not damaging. Now these
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are the boundaries of the property described herein, whose name (is) Zerd: to the east (is) a ditch, and on the farther side of the ditch the property of the leaders, and further eastwards, beyond (it is another)
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ditch, and on the farther side of the ditch the property which the khar of Rob has given to the lord of (the estate) Baradikan; and to the west
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the property of the Spandagan (family is) the boundary, and beyond (it) westwards (is) the boundary of the property of the Sapandagan (family) whose
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name (is) the village of Miyah; and to the south the boundary (is) the property of the Kesunan (family) which they call Naruwan; and to the north
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the boundary (is) the property which is the purchase of the Kharbigan (family) from the Spandagan (family, which) they call Palag. Thus (the property) has now been given by me, just as
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it is described within with reference to the four boundaries, (with) water and land, neighborhood and environs, ... and ... , from side
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to side and from boundary to boundary, from tomorrow (and) for (all) future time, and from now until eternity,
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without tax, and without debt, and without obligation on the part of anyone in respect of this property which is described herein. And
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sowing upon the property uses four bushels of grain, either a little more or a little less. Now you (sg.) have authority—
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you, Zar-yol, and you, Bredag, and you, Sand, and your (pl.) brothers, sons (and) descendants-from
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tomorrow (and) for (all) future time, and from now until eternity, (over) the property which is described herein, to have and
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to hold (it) yourselves, (and) afterwards to sell (it), to pawn (it), to put (it for) hire, to exchange (it) for another (piece of) land, to make a monastery or temple,
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to make a place of burial or crematorium, to give (it) for a son’s bride-price (or) with a daughter (as) a dowry, to cultivate (it),
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to leave (it) fallow, to dig a channel, whatever may suit yourselves, just as owners (customarily) have authority over what is purchased (and) ancestral estates,
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so that no-one (else) has authority (over) this property which is described herein, (neither) to dispute (it) with you, Zar-
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yog (sic!), nor with you, Bredag, nor with you, Sand, nor with your (pl.) brothers, sons (and) descendants,
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nor to withhold (it), nor to seize (it), nor to produce a contract-(neither) an old nor a new (one), neither a purchase
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contract, nor a pawn-contract, nor a hire-contract. If thus there should be (anyone), from tomorrow
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(or) at (any) future time, who might dispute, (or) withhold (the property), (or) not allow (you) to have (and) hold (it), (or) commit violence, then
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we, the declarants, guarantee thus: and by us it has been guaranteed that (we shall go) to each (and) every lawsuit (beside you, Zar-yol, and beside you, Bredag, and beside you, Sand, and beside your brothers, sons and descendants, and) we shall cause (the property to be) released and detached (from every lawsuit) and from every dispute and from every retention; if we do not go to every lawsuit beside (you) and
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do not cause (the property to be) released and detached from every retention, or (if) I, Sor, myself, or I, Wakhsh-burd, or I, Meyam, or our
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brothers, sons (and) descendants, should ourselves withhold (the property), (or) not allow (you) to have (and) hold (it), or
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produce another kind of contract (and) sealed document, or in respect of (our) own statement and of (our) own guarantee we should act otherwise than
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was guaranteed by (us) ourselves and is written herein, then we shall be (judged) lawless according to every law, and also we shall pay a fine
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to the treasury of the bredag of three hundred good, locally current dirhams of silver, and also
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we shall pay and give the same fine to the opponents. And after the fine has been paid, (this) purchase contract shall (still) be (considered) good (and)
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potent, valid and authoritative as is written herein.
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(It was) the year 507, the month New-year, when (this) sealed document, (this) purchase contract, was written here in the fortress Kah, with the cognizance
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(and) in the presence of the god Wakhsh, the granter of favours (and) fulfiller of wishes, great (and) wonderful, whom they worship in Kah, and in the presence of
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Sor, the lord of (the estate) Spandagan, the satrap of Rizm, and also in the presence of the assembled freemen of the district who
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were present there amongst (them) and (who) bear witness concerning this matter, when a contract was freely and willingly made by me,
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Absih, and by me, Sor, and by me, Wakhsh-burd, and by me, Meyam, the sons of Wahran, servants of the khar of Rob,
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we whose house they call Spandagan. Now: we have a certain property (consisting of) irrigated land here in Askin, this (same)
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property which they call the village of Zerd. So now it has been freely and willingly given and
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sold by me to you, Zar-yol son of Zar-yol, and to you, Bredag, and to you, Sand, and to your (pl.) br~thers, sons (and) descendants,
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the servants of the Luguran (family), whose house here in Rizm they call Surkhih Lizak. The property
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whose name (is) the village of Zerd has been given and sold for one hundred and fifty good, locally current Arab dirhams of silver;
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and (the price) has been received by me all complete, (and) I have become salisfied (and) content, (and) the price agreed I acknowledge (to be) profitable and
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not damaging. But now, (as for) the property described herein, which they call the village of Zerd, therefrom these
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are the boundaries: to the east (is) a ditch, and on the farther side of the ditch the property which belongs to the leaders, and eastwards (there is another) ditch,
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and on the farther side of the ditch the property which the khar of Rob has given to the lord of (the estate) Baradigan (to be his) own; and to the west
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(is) the property belonging to the Spandagan (family), and beyond (it), further westwards, (is) the boundary of the property belonging to the Spandagan (family)
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whose name (is) Miyah; and to the south the boundary (is) the property of the Kesunan (family) which they call Naruwan;
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and to the north (is) the property which is the purchase of the Kharbigan (family) from the Spandagan (family, which) they call Palag. Thus (the property) has now been given
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and sold by me, freely and willingly, just as it is described within with reference to the four boundaries, (with) water and land,
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neighbourhood and environs, ... and ... , from side to side and from boundary to boundary,
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without tax, and without debt, and without obligation, and without obligation on the part of anyone to make customary payments (?) in respect of this property
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which is described herein. And the sowing of grain upon the property uses four bushels, either a little more
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or a little less. But now you (sg.) have authority—you, Zar-yol, and you, Bredag, and you, Sand,
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and your (pl.) brothers, sons (and) descendants — over this property which is described herein, from tomorrow
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and) for (all) future time, and from now until eternity, to have and to hold (it) yourselves,
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(and) afterwards to sell (it), to give (it) away, to pawn (it), to put (it for) hire, to give (it) for a son's bride-price (or) with
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a daughter (as) a dowry, to make a monastery or temple, to make a place of burial or crematorium, to cultivate (it),
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to leave (it) fallow, to exchange (it) for another (piece of) land, to dig a channel, whatever may suit yourselves, just as owners
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(customarily) have authority over what is purchased and over ancestral estates, so that no-one (else) has authority to withhold (it),
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nor to seize (it), nor to commit violence, neither a lord, nor men of Rob, nor men of Bamyan,
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nor the men of the district, nor we, the declarants, ourselves_ If thus there should be (anyone), from tomorrow
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(or) at (any) future time, who might withhold (the property), (or) not allow (you) to have (and) hold (it), or
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produce another contract (or) sealed document-(whether) an old or a new (one), whether a purchase contract or a pawn-contract or a
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hire-contract-(or) might withhold (the property), or take (you) to court, then I, Sor, and I, Wakhsh-burd, and I, Meyam,
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and our brothers, (our) sons and our descendants guarantee thus: and by us it has been guaranteed that
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we shall go to each (and) every lawsuit beside you, Zar-yol, and beside you, Bredag, and beside you, Sand, and
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beside your (pl.) brothers, sons (and) descendants, and we shall cause (the property to be) released and detached from every lawsuit and from every retention and from every dispute; if we do not go to every lawsuit beside (you) and
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do not cause (the property to be) released and detached from every dispute, or (if) I, Sor, or I, Wakhsh-burd, or I, Meyam,
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or our brothers, sons (and) descendants, or (someone) belonging to (the estate) Spandagan, (whether) a lord or a slave, should ourselves dispute, or
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withhold (the property), (or) not allow (you) to have (and) hold (it), or produce another kind of contract and sealed document,
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or (in respect of) (our) own guarantee and (of our) own statement we should make an oath otherwise than was guaranteed by (us) ourselves and
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is written herein, then we shall be (judged) lawless according to every law, and also we shall pay a fine to the treasury of the bredag
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of three hundred good, locally current dirhams of silver, and also we shall pay the same fine to
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the opponents. And after the fine has been paid, (this) purchase contract shall (still) be (considered) good (and) potent, valid and
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authoritative as is written herein.
