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Cession of property in the eastern part of Kellis by Aurelius Pausanias TM 20274Kellis (Oasis Magna)29. Dez. 331

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A contract of cession in which Aurelius Pausanias son of Valerius, a former magistrate of Mothis, transfers to an Aurelius P[…] of Kellis a property in the eastern part of the village, measured in carpenter's cubits and including open ground. It was drawn up at Kellis in the Dakhla Oasis in December 331.

In English machine translation

[Fragment 1] Aurelius Pausanias son of Valerius, former magistrate of the city of the Mothites, to Aurelius P[…] from the village of Kellis of the same city, greetings. I acknowledge that I have ceded to you the […] belonging to me […] in the eastern part of the village […] carpenter's cubits […] carpenter's cubits […] neighbours […] [Fragment 2] […] […] brother […] […] of open ground […] or whoever the neighbours may be on all sides, the guarantee being binding on me for all time against every claimant. The cession, written […] with my subscription, is valid; let it be secure and lawful as if deposited in a public archive, and having been asked the formal question I acknowledged it. In the consulship of Iunius Bassus and Flavius Ablabius, the most illustrious, Tybi 2 […] I, Aurelius Pausanias son of Valerius, former magistrate, ceded the aforesaid […] and having been asked the formal question I acknowledged it.

A parachoresis (cession) was a transfer of rights in property, often functioning as a sale. Most of the opening formula, including the name of the city of the Mothites, is restored.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Contract of Parachoresis). 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 · 29. Dez. 331 · Kellis (Oasis Magna)

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