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Cession of a third share of a catoecic allotment at Philadelphia TM 26618Philadelphia (Arsinoites)II - III

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A private contract (cheirographon) in which a woman, acting with a guardian, cedes to Stratippos also called Dios her undivided third share of a catoecic allotment of 2 arouras at Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, for a price in silver drachmas. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

Marcus Tullius Apollonios […] daughter (?) of […] Sabinus, of those from the village of Philadelphia in the division of Herakleides of the Arsinoite nome, with guardian […] to Stratippos also called Dios, of those from the village, greetings. I acknowledge that I have ceded to you by this ⟨the⟩ handwritten contract the third share, held in common and undivided, that belonged to me in the area of the same village of Philadelphia, of a catoecic allotment of 2 arouras or however many they may be, together with all appurtenances […] whose neighbours are: on the south, grain land of Antas and of others; on the north, […] land; on the west, grain land of Soteris; on the east, grain land of the heirs of Apollinarios; and I have received from you the price of the cession […] […] silver drachmas […] twenty, on the spot, from hand to hand […] […] […] and anyone who shall make a claim in any way whatsoever, I will repel […] at my own expense […] and I will provide […] […]

Catoecic land was originally allotted to military settlers and could be transferred only by formal cession (parachoresis). The opening lines are damaged, so the relation between Marcus Tullius Apollonios and the ceding party is unclear, and the exact price is lost apart from the word "twenty".

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Cession de terrain). 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 · II - III · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

Μᾶρκος Τούλλιος Ἀπολώνιος …[…]…ια …ρ…φι Σαβείνου τῶν ἀπὸ κώμης Φιλαδελφίας τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ μετὰ κυρίου …… Στρατίππῳ τῷ καὶ Δίῳ τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς κώμης χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ παρακεχωρηκέναι σοι κατὰ τόδε τὸ χειρόγραφον τὸ ὑπάρξαν μοι περὶ τὴν αὐτὴν κα…… κώμην Φιλα…