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Order to the agoranomoi concerning the transfer of a catoecic land allotment TM 20709Oxyrhynchos83 - 4. Nov. 88

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An official instruction from Achilleus, deputy of Pyrrhos who oversaw the registration of land transfers (katalochismoi) in Egypt, to the agoranomoi (notarial officials) about a cession of land to Teos, priest of Thoeris, Isis and Sarapis. The land, near Senokomis in the western toparchy of the Oxyrhynchite nome and part of the kleros of Zenodoros, was ceded by Didymos also called Amoitas; the rest of the text is lost.

In English machine translation

Land assignment (katalochismos) [...] Achilleus, appointed by Pyrrhos who is in charge of the land assignments of Egypt, to the agoranomoi, greetings. Teos son of Petearpbekis son of Teos, priest of Thoeris and Isis and Sarapis and the associated most great gods, having had ceded to him by Didymos also called Amoitas, son of Chaireis son of Harpaesion, the [...] belonging to him near Senokomis of the western toparchy, from the kleros of Zenodoros, out of the common and undivided holdings with both the father of Teos, Petearpbekis [...] [...]

Katalochismos was the official registration of transfers of catoecic (settler) land; the first line is abbreviated and partly unclear. The size or nature of the ceded property is lost after line 13.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Land Distribution). 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 · 83 - 4. Nov. 88 · Oxyrhynchos

καταλοχισμ πλ. Ἀχιλλεὺς ὁ προκεχειρισμένος ὑπὸ Πύρρου τοῦ ἀσχολουμένου τοὺς καταλοχισμοὺς τῆς Αἰγύπτου τοῖς ἀγορανόμοις χαίρειν. Τεῶτος τοῦ Πετααρπεβήκιος τοῦ Τεῶτος, ἱερέως Θοήριδος καὶ Ἴσιδος καὶ Σαράπιδος καὶ τῶν συννάων θεῶν μεγίστων, παρακεχωρημένου παρὰ Διδύμου τοῦ καὶ Ἀμοι…