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Exchange of grain land between Nechthanoupis and the sons of Panobchounis TM 69Pathyris11. Sept. 103 v.Chr.

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A notarial agreement from Pathyris recording that Nechthanoupis son of Patseous ceded 1 3/4 arouras of grain land to Petearsemtheus son of Panobchounis and his three brothers, in exchange for an equal plot they had ceded to him. He undertakes not to challenge the transfer, under penalty of fines.

In English machine translation

Year 14, which is also year 11, Mesore 29, at Pathyris, before Hermias, deputy of Paniskos the agoranomos. Agreement which they made with one another of their own free will and consent, by which Nechthanoupis son of Patseous, Persian, aged about 50, acknowledges that he has ceded to Petearsemtheus son of Panobchounis and to his brothers Petesouchos, Phagonis and Psennesis, out of the parcel of grain-bearing land in the plain around Pathyris, in the northern part, which he bought from Paous son of Horos in year 11, which is also year 8, 1 1/2 1/4 arouras, by an Egyptian deed of sale which he made through Espnouthis, Egyptian notary of Krokodilopolis, to Tnepheros the wife of Nechthanoupis, in exchange for the 1 1/2 1/4 arouras ceded by you in the parcel mentioned above; and that neither Nechthanoupis nor anyone else acting for him will proceed against Petearsemtheus and his brothers or anyone else acting for them concerning the land ceded above. Otherwise, the claim of the one who proceeds shall be invalid, and the claimant shall pay in addition as a fine immediately 10 talents of bronze and to the kings as a sacred payment 200 drachmas of coined silver, and nonetheless they shall be obliged to act according to what is written above. I, Hermias, deputy of Paniskos, have registered it.

The double regnal year refers to the joint reign of Cleopatra III and Ptolemy X Alexander. 'Persian' here is an ethnic-legal status label common in Ptolemaic contracts rather than actual origin.

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 · 11. Sept. 103 v.Chr. · Pathyris

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