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Cession of katoikic land near Toou and Kolintaathyr TM 31889Arsinoites1. Hälfte III

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Fragment of a contract, in the form of a synchoresis (agreement), by which Aurelia Soueros, acting with a guardian, cedes katoikic land near the villages of Toou and Kolintaathyr, including 1 1/2 arouras to a certain Didymos. It comes from the Arsinoite nome and dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] and near the village of Toou, from the katoikic allotment of Bion […] near the village of Kolintaathyr, from the katoikic allotment of Kleanor […] through Sarapia[…] to the south and north […] Kolintaathyr, to the east and west private land […] […] and received as aforesaid, and to have the right to make every arrangement concerning them […] […] of the presence of Aurelia Soueros, or to consent […] to this agreement […] she will repel immediately at her own expense anyone who will proceed against or lay claim to […] […] of the aforesaid arouras for the time that remains; and concerning these things having been done rightly and well, [on being asked they agreed]. The transaction was completed at their own risk, the state having the right of first execution […] […] the agreement is valid. I, Aurelia Soueros, with my guardian, the one named in the agreement, have ceded from […] to Didymos the 1 1/2 arouras […] […] as aforesaid. I, Aurelia Dioskorous […] [… lines lost …]

Katoikic land was originally allotted to military settlers and could be transferred by cession (parachoresis). The state's right of first execution (protopraxia) secured its claims ahead of private 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.

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

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