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Cession of catoecic land in the Herakleopolite nome TM 31851Herakleopolites1. Hälfte III

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Fragment of a cession contract registered through the record office, in which Aurelius Didymos (with Theodosia of Herakleopolis) cedes a catoecic holding of about 5 1/4 arouras, formerly of Dorion, to a man aged about 25, acknowledging receipt of the price and guaranteeing the land against claims. It comes from the Herakleopolite nome in the first half of the 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[…] […] of the month Xanthikos […] through the overseers of the agoranomeion at Tekmi (?) [of the Herakleopolite nome beyond Memphis]: Aurelius Didymos […] acknowledges, and Theodosia from Herakleopolis, [registered in the] former amphodarchy of Apollonios, that he has ceded […] […] from Herakleopolis […] [son of] Aurelius Hera[…] aged about 25 years […] to him by the […] […]lammon, of Antinoopolis […] of the cleruchic [holding] of Dorion, [of catoecic land, arouras] five and a quarter […] one half one eighth […] [land] of the heirs of Stalbas […] on the east, [land] of Horion […] The agreed [cession price] of the holding in all, which is [drachmas] of silver […] the ceding party further acknowledges [that he has received] […] in full, by hand, [from the house, and he will guarantee them] free from other [cessions or other transactions] and from anyone [who will proceed against or lay claim] [for all] time […] […]

A cession (parachoresis) was the legal form for transferring catoecic land, effectively a sale. The place name Tekmi and many details are largely restored.

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 · 1. Hälfte III · Herakleopolites

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