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End of a contract of cession in which an Aurelia transfers 2 1/2 arouras of land to Aurelia Artemis for 1,000 silver drachmas. The surviving part contains the guarantee and penalty clauses, the formal question and answer, and the seller's subscription. It dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.
A cession (parachoresis) formally transferred rights over land, often catoecic land, and functioned much like a sale. The 'right of prior execution' means the state's claims took precedence over the parties' obligations.
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.
[… ? lines lost …] νῦν ἐπὶ τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον καὶ βεβαιώσει πάσῃ βεβαιώσει ἐνέχεσθαι αὐτὸν παραβάντα τῷ ὡρισμένῳ κάτω τῶν παρασυγγραφούντων ἐπιτίμῳ καὶ μηδὲν ἧσσον τὰ διωμολογημένα κύρια εἶναι. περὶ δὲ τοῦ ταῦτα ὀρθῶς καὶ καλῶς γεγενῆσθαι ἐπερωτηθέντες ὡμολόγησαν· ὁ δὲ χρηματισμὸς…
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