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Cession of catoecic land near Paeimis TM 21602Oxyrhynchos14 - 15

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A contract from Oxyrhynchus, dated to the first year of Tiberius (AD 14-15), in which Sarapion son of Neoptolemos cedes 4 1/2 arouras of catoecic grain land near Paeimis to a woman named Ta[…]is, acting with her guardian Thoonis. The cession follows a memorandum Sarapion submitted to the officials in charge of allotments.

In English machine translation

[Fr1+2] Year 1 of Tiberius Caesar Augustus […], in Oxyrhynchus city of the Thebaid. Sarapion son of Neoptolemos acknowledges to Ta[…]is, with her guardian Thoonis son of Harthoonis, in the street, that he has ceded to her, in accordance with the arrangements made through the officials of the cavalry (?), on the basis of the memorandum which Sarapion submitted to the agents of Heliodoros and Eirenaios, those in charge of the allotments (katalochismoi), the 4 1/2 arouras belonging to him near Paeimis of the western toparchy, from the allotment of Dionysodoros, out of [… arouras] held in common and undivided with Sarapion's sister […] and the husband of the woman receiving the cession, of catoecic grain-bearing land, arable, by rectangular measure, 4 1/2 arouras; neighbours: to the south […] plots, to the north a field, to the east the so-called (land) of […]phanes, to the west (land) of Pau[…]skos and Herakleides; so that the 4 1/2 catoecic arouras may belong to Ta[…] and her descendants, together with the other privileges and benefits, with full ownership for all time, in accordance with the orders and instructions issued concerning these matters […] […] [Fr3] […] of the deed of cession […] […] […] […]

Catoecic land was land originally allotted to military settlers (katoikoi); its transfer required registration with the officials of the katalochismoi, the allotment registry. The end of the contract is lost and Fr3 preserves only a reference to the deed of cession.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Cession of Catoecic Land). 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 · 14 - 15 · Oxyrhynchos

[Fr1+2] ἔτους πρώτου Τιβερίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ […] ἐν Ὀξυρύγχων πόλει τῆς Θηβαίδος. ὁμολογεῖ Σαραπίων Νεοπτολέμου Τα[…]…ις μετὰ κυρίου Θοώνιος τοῦ Ἁρθοώνιος ἐν ἀγυιᾷ παρακεχωρηκέναι αὐτῇ ἀκολούθως τοῖς ᾠκονομημένοις διὰ τῶν ἐκ τοῦ ἱππικοῦ, ἀφʼ οὗ ἐπιδέδωκεν ὁ Σαραπίων ὑπομνήματο…