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Letter from Herodes also called Herakleides to Kronion, the contract-writing official (nomographos) of Tebtynis, concerning a cession of 13 1/2 arouras of katoikic land near Tebtynis and the farmstead of Herakleides to a man named Herakleides. Herodes confirms he received the full price and that the land was registered to the buyer, while reserving his rights under a separate private agreement; it is dated 2 October AD 37 in the Arsinoite nome.
The opening, which stated the precise request, is lost. A nomographos was the local official who drew up and registered contracts; katoikic land was land held by settlers of military descent, transferable by cession.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Communication to a Nomographos). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Request from Herodes, also called Herakleides, to Kronion, the notary of Tebtynis, concerning 13 1/2 arourai of catoecic land that Herodes has previously ceded to Herakleides the younger, son of Maron; the object of the request is lost, but it could have been written to support H…
[r] κλει[…] τωι διὰ σοῦ παραχώρησιν ἀρουρῶν δεκατριῶν ἡμίσους , περὶ μὲν Τεβτῦνιν ἀρουρῶν ἑπτὰ ἡμίσους καὶ περὶ τὸ Ἡρακλείδου ἐποίκιον ἀρουρῶν ἕξ , διὰ τὸ ἐμὲ τὸν Ἡρώδην τὸν καὶ Ἡρακλείδην ἀπεσχηκέναι παρὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἡρακλείδου τὴν τῶν αὐτῶν ἀρουρῶν δεκατριῶν ἡμίσους τιμὴν πᾶσαν ἐ…
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