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[r] [… ? lines lost …] [… 1 line lost …] […]ἐδάφη βορινὰ[…] […]… ἐδάφη βορινὰ[…] […]ων παν[…] […]παραχωρήσειν …[…] […]δημοσίων τελεσμάτων[…] […]ος ἀπό τε ἰδίων[…] […]κυριεύοντας [v] [… 8 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 30301
Fragment of a cession of land TM 30301unbekanntIII
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A small fragment of a document concerning land, apparently a cession (parachoresis) of plots described as lying to the north. It mentions public taxes and owners, and dates to the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
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[…] northern plots [of land] […]
[…] … northern plots […]
[…] … […]
[…] to cede … […]
[…] of the public taxes […]
[…] … both from (his/their) own […]
[…] being owners
[verso]
[… 8 lines lost …]
A parachoresis was a formal cession or transfer of rights over land, often used in practice like a sale. The identification as such rests on the single surviving verb 'to cede'.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Land betreffendes Fragment (wohl Parachoresis)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.