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On the 26th.;The fourth year of the Emperor Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, the 26th of the month Xandikos, Mecheir 26, at Bacchias in the division of Herakleides of the Arsinoite nome.;Horion, son of Horion, the son of Menches, about sixty-nine years old with a scar in the middle of his forehead, and Horos, son of Horos, the son of Peteuris, about [thirty]-nine years old with a scar on the right wrist, both acknowledge that they have divided between themselves from the present day for all time the portions which they have of house lots and courtyards inherited from their fathers, that is, a fourth and a third of a twelfth, which is a thirty-sixth, of these sites, which are common and undivided in three sections in the aforesaid village Bacchias, in the lane called "of Borritis"; the boundaries of all of which are set forth in the deeds relating to them.;And in accordance with the division by lot which they have made by agreement between themselves, Horion on the one hand has obtained as the share which falls to him the aforesaid common and undivided fourth part of the house lots and courtyards; and on the other hand Horos himself has obtained as the share falling to him the aforesaid third of a twelfth part, which is the common and undivided thirty-sixth part of the same house lots and courtyards; of which same house lots and courtyards, as the parties concerned declare, the same Horos and his brother hold another twelfth part which they inherited from their father.;Accordingly, let the contracting parties and their heirs observe all the terms which are set forth in accordance with this division. And neither they nor their heirs may set aside any part of the terms of division, but each of them and their assigns shall hold and control what each has obtained by lot, just as is set forth, and each of them shall make use thereof in whatsoever way he may desire without restriction.;And with respect to what has been divided, neither of them shall accuse the other nor proceed against him in any way upon any pretext.;And if one of them breaks the aforesaid terms in any particular, let the transgressor immediately pay to the one who abides by them double damages and a fine of two hundred drachmai in silver, and an equal sum to the treasury, and let this division be none the less valid in perpetuity.;Signatories: for Horion, Dioskoros his son, about 33 years old with a scar on his right eyebrow; for Horos, Ammonios, son of Ptolemaios, about 50 years old with a scar on his right cheek.;(2nd hand) I, Horion, son of Horion, the son of Menches, acknowledge that I have made with Horos, son of Horos, the son of Peteuris, the division of the aforesaid parts of the house lots and courtyards. And I have myself received by lot the fourth part, and Horos has received the third of the twelfth part, which is the thirty-sixth part, and I consent to all the above terms, just as they stand. Dioskoros, his son, wrote for him, because he is illiterate.;(3rd hand) I, Horos, son of Horos, the son of Peteuris, acknowledge that I have shared in the division. And I have obtained by lot the third of the twelfth, which is the thirty-sixth part, and I consent to all the above terms just as they stand. Ammonios, son of Ptolemaios, wrote for him, since he is illiterate.;(1st hand) The fourth year of the Emperor Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, Mecheir 26. Registered though the chief of the record office of Bacchais and Hephaistias.;;(Verso);;Agreement of division of parts of house lots, made between themselves by Horos and Horion.