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Cession of catoecic land by Diodora to Satabous TM 9582Arsinoites126 - 128 (?)

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Fragmentary contract of cession in which a woman named Diodora transfers catoecic land to Satabous for a cash price, with guarantees against claims and penalties for breach. It comes from the Arsinoite nome, about AD 126-128.

In English machine translation

[…] […] […] […] scar on the knee […] […] […] […] (acknowledges) that she has ceded to him for transfer of registration from the aforementioned day for all time the […] belonging to her […] […] […] of a catoecic holding, […] arouras […] in one parcel, […] of which the neighbours are as the ceding party declared […] […] the arrangement of the transfer of registration and cession […] and that […] Diodora has received from Satabous the cession price in silver […] in full, immediately, by hand, from the house […] […] as stated above […] and that she will furnish (the arouras) […] (free from) public dues in grain and money, artaba-taxes and naubion-taxes and arithmetika […] from former times up to the present […] tenth year and the […] tenth year itself […] of Diodora the current year's rent of the ceded arouras […] with no one hindering Satabous or those deriving title from him from owning them […] and the other uses, and carrying off the produce from them […] as they wish; and that with regard to the aforementioned Diodora and those deriving title from her shall make no claim, nor dispute, nor act fraudulently, nor proceed against him in any way […] shall be invalid and inadmissible; and further the acknowledging party Diodora shall pay […] to Satabous the cession price she has received plus half as much again, and a fine […] and to the public treasury an equal sum, and nonetheless the […] remaining valid […] […] his subscriber […] […] aged about 60 […] […] […]

Catoecic land was originally allotted to military settlers and was transferred by 'cession' (parachoresis) with re-registration rather than outright sale. Much of the formula is restored from parallel contracts.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Verkauf von Katökenland). 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 · 126 - 128 (?) · Arsinoites

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