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
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[…] 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 […]
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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.