bgu.11.2053
ὡς ἐτῶν[…]ήκοντα ἓξ μέσος μελίχρως οὐλὴ μετώπωι ἐκ δεξιῶν παρακεχωρηκέναι[…]ς κλήρου κατοικικοῦ ἀρούρας […] πρώτη σφραγεὶς ἐξ ἧς ποτίζεται […]ρων[…]εκτη πρὸς νότον […]…ειου τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς […]σχοινίωι ἐνενηκονταεξαπήχει […]…[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 26949
Cession of catoecic land TM 26949ArsinoitesAnfang II
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Fragment of a contract for the cession (sale) of catoecic land, i.e. land originally allotted to military settlers, from the Arsinoite nome. It preserves part of the seller's physical description and the beginning of the description of the land, including its irrigation and boundaries.
In English machine translation
[about] […]-six [years old], of medium height, honey-coloured, [with a scar on the] forehead on the right, [acknowledges] that he has ceded […] of a catoecic allotment, arouras […] first, the plot from which it is irrigated […] to the south […] the remainder of the […] [by the] ninety-six-cubit [measuring cord] […]
"Catoecic" land was land originally held by military settlers and transferable by cession (parachoresis). The land is measured with the standard 96-cubit cord (schoinion).
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.