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Cession of katoikic land near Alabanthis to Philoumene TM 29082Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)II - III

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Fragmentary contract of cession of land from the Arsinoite nome, in which a party cedes to a woman named Philoumene 3 arouras of katoikic (settler) land near the village of Alabanthis, farmed by one Galates, with guarantees against future claims. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD, in year 4 of an emperor styled Pius Felix Augustus.

In English machine translation

[…] Pius Felix Augustus, month Xanthikos [Mecheir] […] […] about 60 years old, with a distinguishing mark on the eye […] […] five, with thin eyelashes(?), being present and consenting […] […] of Apias, from the quarter of the Macedonians, about […] years old […] […] of the city of the Arsinoites, adult, and Ammonianos […] about 45 years old, with a scar on the left shin […] […] to Ploutammon, a minor, with guardian his fa[ther(?)] […] […] these things in the present year 4, in the month Tybi, 19 […] […] not to proceed against Heroninos nor against [those acting for him] […] […] near the village of Alabanthis, now according to this […] […] cedes to Philoumene the [3 arouras] belonging [from the inheritance] […] […] of a katoikic allotment, 3 arouras in the place called Ker[…] […] […] 3 [arouras] farmed by Galates, of which […] […] to manage them as she may choose, not to bring a claim […] […] those acting for them concerning what she bought and the […] […] was ceded on the terms set out above […] […] to repel anyone who will proceed against or lay claim […] […] of the present day in no way whenever […]

Cession (parachoresis) was the legal form used to transfer katoikic land, which in principle could not simply be sold. The imperial epithets Pius Felix suggest an emperor of the late 2nd or early 3rd century, such as Commodus or a Severan.

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 · II - III · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

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