Cession of a house in the Moeris quarter of Ptolemais Euergetis TM 29071Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)II

Fragment of a contract of cession of real property, apparently a house with its walls and foundations, in the quarter of Moeris at Ptolemais Euergetis in the Arsinoite nome. The neighbours are listed and a price of 15 silver talents is recorded; persons named include Diodoros, Isidoros, Aurelius also called Kallinikos and Aurelius Herakl[…], a former kosmetes of the Hippodromos quarter.

In English machine translation

The use of the name Aurelius and a price in talents suggest a date in the 3rd century rather than the 2nd given in the records. A parachoresis was a formal cession of property rights, often functioning as a sale.

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.