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Cession of fifteen arouras of catoecic land near Herakleia TM 26948Herakleia? (Arsinoites)II

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Fragment of a contract of cession (in effect a sale) of 15 arouras of catoecic land in two parcels near Herakleia in the Arsinoite nome. The price was paid through the money-changing bank of Herakleides, and the seller guarantees the land free of encumbrances and public dues. AD 2nd century.

In English machine translation

[… 1 line lost …] [So-and-so acknowledges to so-and-so that he has ceded to him] […] [for transfer of registration from the present day] for all time the fifteen arouras of catoecic allotment belonging to him near Herakleia, [in two parcels, whose neighbours are] […] [of the first parcel] […] on the south an olive grove, on the north a public canal into which the […] flows […] […] arouras; of the second parcel, of 6 1/6 arouras […] […]koris' allotment, on the north (land) of Areios also called Petenouris, the remainder of the […] […] of the survey, or however many there may be, more or less, because […] […] [of the transfer and] cession of the aforesaid fifteen arouras […] […] [and that so-and-so has received] […] [the silver capital sum for the cession] […] through the money-changing bank of Herakleides, (managed by?) Nemesios, and that he will guarantee […] with every guarantee for all time and will furnish them untouched […] [and unpledged and unmortgaged, free from all public dues] […] [from former times] up to the present […] year and of that same [year] […] […] [and that no one shall hinder so-and-so] […] nothing [of the things] ceded through any […] […] owning the ceded properties […] […] [and carrying off the produce from them and mortgaging and] alienating […]

Catoecic land, originally military settlers' allotments, was transferred by 'cession' (parachoresis) rather than formal sale. Much of the formulaic wording is restored from parallel contracts.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Verkauf von Katökenland). 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 · Herakleia? (Arsinoites)

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