A contract of cession (sale) from the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, dated to year 4 of Trajan. A woman of the family of Pnepheros, acting with her brother-husband as guardian, cedes arouras of catoecic land from the allotment of Papontos to Thases, acknowledging receipt of the price and guaranteeing the land against taxes and charges.
In English machine translation
Year 4 of Imperator Caesar Nerva Trajan […], month […]
at […] of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. […] daughter of […]sios son of Pnepheros son of Pausorsouchos […] acknowledges,
with her guardian […]rios, her brother and also her husband, S[…] […] that she has ceded to Thases […]
[…] for transfer of registration from the present day for all time […] the arouras of catoecic land belonging to her from the allotment of Papontos […] or however many they may be, whose neighbours are: to the south […]
[…] the allotment of […] daughter of Ptolemaios; to the north, formerly […]
[…] and that the acknowledging party has carried out the […] to Thases […]
[…] the subsequent transactions as is proper, which also […] and that she has received […]
[…] from Thases the agreed cession price in silver […]
[…] in full, immediately, from hand to hand out of the house; and the acknowledging party will guarantee […]
the ceded property with every guarantee against public taxes […]
[…] and village impositions and all fines […] of the 13th year and of the 13th year itself of Imperator Caesar N[…]
[…] for all time […]
[…] of every public and […]
[…] of them, the […]
[…] the intermediaries (?) […]
[…] without hindrance […]
[…] nor those acting on her behalf […]
[…] being owner of the […]
[…] one thousand five hundred […]
[…] two hundred […]
[…] Pnepheros […]
[…] with her guardian […] brother […]
[…] for transfer of registration […]
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Catoecic land was land originally held by military settlers and transferable by cession (parachoresis), formally recorded by a change of registration. Much of the text, including the formulas, is restored by the editor.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Kaufvertrag). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.