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Cession of land from the kleros of Bion near Peenamis TM 29044HerakleopolisIII

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Fragment of a deed of cession of catoecic land from Herakleopolis, 3rd century AD. It names the parties, among them a man from Herakleopolis and a son of Dioskoros, describes a plot from the kleros of Bion near the village of Peenamis with its neighbours, and mentions the price in silver drachmas.

In English machine translation

[…] […] of Hatres from Herakleopolis […] son of Dioskoros, from the same city […] […] (scar?) on the left foot […] from the kleros of Bion […] [neighbours, as] they themselves declared: [to the south] […] of Syros, Antinoite, […] of the village of Peenamis […] of ten arouras, 1 aroura […] ten; to the south a plot, to the north parts […] of the most splendid city of the Alexandrians […] of Ammonas, prytanis […] of Isidora; and the agreed price for the cession […] in all, which is […] drachmas of silver […] […] ceding […] […]

A paracheresis (cession) was the usual form for transferring catoecic land in Roman Egypt. The "left foot" refers to a distinguishing mark, such as a scar, recorded to identify a party.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III · Herakleopolis

[… ? lines lost …] Ἁτρῆτος ἀπὸ Ἡρακλέους πόλεως […] Διοσκόρου τοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως […] μα ποδὸς ἀριστεροῦ […] ἐκ τοῦ Βίωνος κλήρου […] γείτονες καθὼς αὐτοὶ ὑπηγόρευσαν νότου […] Σύρου Ἀντινοέως α[…] κώμης Πεενάμεως […] ἀρουρῶν δέκα ἄρουραν […] δέκα νότου γύης, βορρᾶ μέρη […] …