Fragment of a document concerning the transfer (cession) of land, mentioning a former gymnasiarch, the brothers Phasis and another, a sole heir, and a certain Soterichos. It describes a parcel of 5 arouras with its neighbours and a payment in drachmas. Second century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.
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[…] former gymnasiarch […]
[…]nomia […]
[…] son of Hatres, from the village of […]
[…] all the […]-lying (?) […]
[…] the […]
[…] on the […]
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[…] one aroura […]
[…] according to […]
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[…] to the aforementioned brothers Phasis and […]
[…] sole heir, at her own risk […]
[…] to the aforementioned Soterichos, as stated above […]
2 arouras, on these the registration (?) […]
the total of 5 arouras in one parcel, whose neighbours are: on the south […] of Artemidoros, former manager; on the north […]
[…], and the fixed cession payment for the whole […]
[…] drachmas of coin […]
from the […]
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The 'cession payment' (parachoretikon) is restored and was the price paid for ceding rights over land, often catoecic land. The aroura is a land measure of about 0.27 hectares.
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.