End of a document recording the cession of five arouras of land by the veteran Diogenes, who acknowledges receiving payment and guarantees the transfer, followed by an identifying signature of Gaius Serenus and a sworn statement that the document was submitted for registration. It was submitted by the veteran Ammonianus at Herakleopolis in the reign of Severus Alexander.
In English machine translation
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[…] I, Diogenes, veteran, the aforementioned, have ceded […]
[… the aforementioned] five arouras and have received the [drachmas] of the cession price […] and I will guarantee them with every guarantee as aforesaid. I, Gaius Serenus […]
[… from the] same Herakleopolis, having been introduced (as identifier), have signed. Year 11 of Marcus Aurelius [Severus Alexander] […]
[… I have sworn] by the [fortune] of Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Caesar [the lord] […]
[… that truly I have] submitted the aforementioned (declaration) for registration, Year [11] of [Imperator] […]
Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander [Pius Felix Augustus].
[…] I, Ammonianus, veteran, have submitted (it).
Cession (parachoresis) was the legal form for transferring rights over certain categories of land, such as catoecic land. The text dates itself to Year 11 of Severus Alexander (AD 231/232), within the recorded range.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.