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Cession of one aroura of land to Aurelia Ar[…] TM 31880Herakleopolis (Herakleopolites, Ägypten)1. Hälfte III

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The end of a contract of cession by which several sellers transfer one aroura of land to a woman named Aurelia Ar[…], acknowledging receipt of the price and promising to guarantee the transfer. A scribe from Herakleopolis signed for the illiterate parties. It dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[… ? lines lost …] […] will guarantee [with every guarantee, and that they, if they transgress, be liable] to the fixed [penalty against those who violate the contract, and that nonetheless] the agreed terms [be valid. Concerning these things having been done rightly and] properly, [on being asked they acknowledged. The registration] was completed at [their] risk, [the public treasury having the right of first execution. The] agreement is valid. […] We have ceded to Aurelia Ar[…] the aforementioned one aroura […] and we have received the cession price [in full, by hand, each] according to the share he holds, and [we will guarantee as aforesaid. I, so-and-so,] from Herakleopolis, wrote on their behalf [as they are illiterate.]

Most of the surviving text is restored from standard contract formulae. A cession (parachoresis) was the usual form for transferring rights in state-registered land.

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.

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

[… ? lines lost …] […]νον βεβαιώσει πάσῃ βεβαιώσει ἐνέχεσθαι αὐτοὺς παραβάντας τῷ ὡρισμένῳ κατὰ τῶν παρασυγγραφούντων ἐπιτίμῳ καὶ μηδὲν ἧσσον τὰ διωμολογημένα κύρια εἶναι. περὶ δὲ τοῦ ταῦτα ὀρθῶς καὶ καλῶς γεγενῆσθαι ἐπερωτηθέντες ὡμολόγησαν· ὁ δὲ χρηματισμὸς ἐτελειώθη κινδύνῳ αὐ…

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · 1. Hälfte III · Herakleopolis (Herakleopolites, Ägypten)