Fragment of a cession contract with guarantee clause TM 31882Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites1. Hälfte III

Fragment of a contract of cession (parachoresis) in which a woman cedes property, probably land, acknowledges receipt of the price in full, and guarantees the property against all claims, under penalty for breach. It dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

Parachoresis (cession) was the usual form for transferring catoecic land, which could not simply be sold; the object ceded here is lost. The beginning and end of the document are missing.

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.