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Notice to the property record office of intended cession of catoecic land TM 11682Arsinoites1. Febr. 129

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A notice to the keepers of the property records of the Arsinoite nome in which Gaius Valerius Maior declares his intention to cede 4 arouras of catoecic land near the hamlet of Nestos to Herakleides son of Diogenes for 2,400 drachmas. It asks that the required notice be sent, and bears the official Sarapion's signature dated 1 February AD 129.

In English machine translation

I, Sarapion, have signed. Year 13 of Hadrian Caesar the lord, Mecheir 7. To Dionysios and Theon, former gymnasiarchs, keepers of the property records of the Arsinoite nome, from Gaius Valerius Maior. The 4 arouras of catoecic allotment land near the hamlet of Nestos in the division of Herakleides, which I registered through you on the present day, I wish to cede to Herakleides son of Diogenes, grandson of Ammonios, of the Sosikosmian tribe and Althaean deme, registered (?) in the former records, free from debt, mediation and any security, for a cession price of 2,400 drachmas. Therefore I submit this so that notice may be sent as is proper.

'Cession' (parachoresis) was the legal form for transferring catoecic land, which in effect worked as a sale. Sosikosmios and Althaieus are the tribe and deme names marking Herakleides as an Alexandrian citizen.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 1. Febr. 129 · Arsinoites

Σαραπίων σεσημείωμαι. ἔτους ιγ Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Μεχεὶρ ζ. Διονυσίωι καὶ Θέωνι γεγυμνασιαρχηκόσι βιβλιοφύλαξι ἐνκτήσεων Ἀρσινοίτου παρὰ Γαίου Οὐαλερίου Μαίορος ἃς ἀπεγραψάμην διʼ ὑμῶν τῇ ἐνεστώση ἡμέρᾳ περὶ τὸ Νέστου ἐποίκιον τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος κλήρου κατοικικοῦ ἀρ…