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Fragment concerning catoecic land with boundary descriptions TM 29049Arsinoites oder HerakleopolitesII

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A small fragment of a document concerning catoecic (settler) land, giving the boundaries and neighbours of a plot of one aroura. It dates to the 2nd century AD and comes from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[…] […] of the catoecic allotment […] […] they declared (?), on the south […] […] on the east Herak[…] […] of Herakleopolis […] […] one aroura, whose neighbours are […] […] on the north Heras son of Neera (?) […] […]os Belle[…] […] three and a quarter (?) […] […]

Catoecic land was land originally allotted to military settlers, later held and transferred privately. The boundary list suggests a sale, lease or property declaration, but the type cannot be determined.

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.

cpr.1.116

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II · Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites

[… ? lines lost …] […] κλήρου κατοικικοῦ[…] […]ὑπηγόρευσαν νότου να[…] […] ἀπηλιώτου Ἡρακ[…] […]Ἡρακλέους πόλεως […] […]ἄρουραν μίαν ἧς γείτονες […] […] βορρᾶ Ἡρᾶ Νεέρας […] […]ωτος Βελλη[…] […]ων τριῶν τεταρ[…] [… ? lines lost …]