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Fragment of a cession contract from the Herakleopolite nome TM 31855Herakleopolites1. Hälfte III

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Fragment of a contract of cession drawn up in the Herakleopolite nome, dated by the priests in Alexandria, in which a party described by age and a scar on the right eyebrow cedes something, apparently property in a city quarter. It mentions the twenty-third year and the supervisors of the record office (agoranomia), and dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[…] in the time of the priests in office in Alexandria […] […] of Agema (?) in the Herakleopolite nome above Memphis […] […] fifty […] a scar on the right eyebrow, that he has ceded […] in the former Two Hawks (?) quarter-administration, through […] in the past twenty-third year […] through the supervisors of the agoranomia […] […] […] […] hundred, by hand […] […] of Aurelius […] [… ? lines lost …]

The quarter name 'Two Hawks' (Horon dyo) and the place name Agema are editorial restorations. Dating by the eponymous priests of Alexandria is unusual for this period and marks a formal notarial document.

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.

cpr.1.96

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 1. Hälfte III · Herakleopolites

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