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Fragment of a contract, possibly a draft, by which land, probably catoecic land, is ceded to a woman named Thatres. It contains the standard guarantee clauses giving her full ownership, a penalty for breach and a reference to registration at the property record office. It dates to the 2nd or early 3rd century AD.
Cession (parachoresis) was the legal form used to transfer catoecic land, which in theory was not sold outright. The property record office (bibliotheke enkteseon) registered such transfers.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Part of a (Draft of a) Cession of Catoecic Land). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] [… 1 line lost …] μηδένα κωλύοντα Θατρῆν μηδὲ τοὺς παρʼ αὐτῆςκυριεύοντας τοῦ αὐτοῦ παρακεχωρημμένου, καὶ τὰ ἐξ αὐτῶν περιγινόμεναἀποφερομένους καὶ μεσιτεύοντας καὶ παραχωροῦντας ἑτέροις καὶ διοικοῦντας, ὡς ἐὰν αἱρῆται καὶ μὴ ἐπιλεύσασθαι τρόπῳ μηδενί. ἐὰν δέ τι…
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