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Sale of catoecic land from the kleros of Herakleides TM 21013unbekannt145 - 146

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Fragmentary deed of sale in which a woman, daughter of Achilleus, acting with her brother as guardian, sells catoecic land (12 1/2 arouras, part of the kleros of Herakleides) to a female purchaser, with guarantee and penalty clauses. It dates to year 9 of Antoninus Pius, AD 145-146.

In English machine translation

[…] Year 9 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius […] […] (daughter?) of Achilleus, about 28 years old, of medium height, honey-coloured complexion, long face, straight nose, a scar on the left eyebrow […] […] with her guardian, her own brother Herm[…] […] […] from the kleros of Herakleides […] […] by the just measuring-rope of the katoikia, free from royal (land) and […] […] and of Phibion […] and […] […] rent (?) […] and we pay […] […] of the former times up to the present ninth year […] […] nor others on her behalf, against the purchaser nor against those who will receive from her […] […] the damages and expenses and as penalty, as a private debt, double the price […] […] 12 1/2 arouras, whose neighbours are: on the south the kleros […] […] of which 4 1/8 arouras […] […] arable, by the just measuring-rope of the katoikia, free […] […] I wrote on her behalf since she does not know letters. Sarapion […]

Catoecic (katoikic) land was land held by descendants of military settlers, measured by the 'just rope of the katoikia'. The seller's description with age and scar is the standard identification of a party in Roman-period contracts.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Contracts, deeds of sale, etc.). 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 · 145 - 146

[…]ἔτους ἐνάτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς[…] […]Ἀχίλλεως ὡς ἐτῶν κη μέσῃ μελίχρως μακροπρόσωπος ὀρθόγγωνος οὐλὴ ὀφρύι ἀριστερᾷ …[…] […] μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ ἑαυτῆς ἀδελφοῦ Ἑρμ[…] […]… ἐκ τοῦ Ἡρακλείδου κλήρου π…ον…[…] […]τῷ τῆς κατοικίας δ…