Cession of katoikic land in the Herakleopolite nome TM 31853Herakleopolites1. Hälfte III

Fragment of a notarial contract of the Herakleopolite nome, probably a cession of katoikic land, in which someone named Hyr[…] acknowledges a transaction with Isidoros son of Nemesas and others. The surviving part lists plots of land near several villages with their neighbours on each side. It dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

Katoikic land was a category of private land originally held by military settlers, transferred by cession (parachoresis). A pastophoros was a lower-ranking temple official.

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.