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Subscription to a sale and cession of land by Aurelia Artemis also called Kyrilla TM 31879Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites1. Hälfte III

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Fragment of the end of a contract of sale and cession of land, in which Aurelia Artemis also called Kyrilla, acting with her guardian Aurelius Apollonios, acknowledges selling and ceding an aroura of land, with payment made through a bank. It dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[…] […to have receiv]ed forthwith the remainder through the bank. And concerning […] to have taken place, being asked the formal question, they agreed. The transaction was completed at their own risk, the treasury having the right of prior execution […] […] valid (?). I, Aurelia Artemis also called Kyrilla, with my guardian […] Aurelius Apollonios, have sold the aforementioned […] […from now] for all time […] the whole cession fee, which is […] drachmas […] as aforesaid. Aurelia […] I have ceded the aroura […] […]

The 'cession fee' (parachoretikon) is the price paid for the transfer of rights in land. The treasury's 'right of prior execution' (protopraxia) gave the state priority over other creditors.

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.1.136

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

[… ? lines lost …] ἀπεσχηκέναι παραχρῆμα τὸ λοιπὸν διὰ τραπέζης. περὶ δὲ τοῦ[…] γεγενῆσθαι ἐπερωτηθέντες ὡμολόγησαν. ὁ δὲ χρηματισμὸς ἐτελειώθη κινδύνῳ αὐτῶν πρωτοπραξίας οὔσης τῷ δημοσίῳ[…] κυρια. Αὐρηλία Ἄρτεμις ἡ καὶ Κύριλλα μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ […] Αὐρηλίου Ἀπολλωνίου πέπρακα τὰς …