A fragmentary contract of cession drawn up at Ptolemais Euergetis in the Arsinoite nome around AD 190, by which a man named Skybalos transfers to Isarion also called Sarapias a half share of a catoecic land holding near Exo Pseur. It includes the boundaries of the parcels, a guarantee of clear title free from taxes such as the naubion, and penalty clauses.
In English machine translation
[…] Pius Felix Augustus […] on the […] of the month Kaisareios, […] at Ptolemais Euergetis in the Arsinoite nome. […] acknowledges […] about […] years old, […] scar on the right shin […] about 23 years old, without distinguishing marks, with her husband Aphrodisios as guardian […] to Isarion also called Sarapias, by this agreement and through the property record office […] to those who will receive it for transfer of registration from now for all time […] at Exo Pseur(?) a half share, held in common and undivided, of a catoecic holding […] in accordance with the right concerning them […] catoecic […] neighbours, as the acknowledging party dictated: of the first parcel, on the south […] holding, on the north […] after which a water channel, on the east […] lands; of the third parcel of the remaining 3 1/2 arouras […] parcel of […], on the west a canal by which it is irrigated […] on the east […] lands, on the west the aforementioned […] and Didymos from Isarion also called Sarapias […] 9 1/4 and an additional 1/2 1/4 aroura […] immediately from hand to hand, and that Skybalos himself and his successors will guarantee the half share ceded to her as aforesaid […] with every guarantee, and will furnish it untouched and unmortgaged and free from […] naubion and arithmetikon taxes and the land price and every other charge […] from the past up to the year just ended […] and that no one will hinder Isarion also called Sarapias and her successors from possessing the half share of the arouras together […] and the […] and managing it as they choose. If anyone contravenes, he shall pay the price of the cession with half as much again and […] drachmas and as a fine […]
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Catoecic land was privately held land originally granted to settlers; its transfer was registered through the property record office. The naubion was a tax connected with dykes and canals.
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.