Fragment of a cession of kleruchic land TM 31863Herakleopolites1. Hälfte III

Fragment of a contract of cession (sale) of land from a kleros, mentioning land formerly belonging to Ulpius, a former gymnasiarch of Herakleopolis, a price of 200 drachmas paid in full, and the usual guarantee and penalty clauses. It comes from the Herakleopolite nome in the first half of the 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

A kleros was an allotment of land originally granted to settlers; its transfer was formally a cession (parachoresis) rather than an outright sale.

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.