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p.col.7.173 Karanis (Arsinoites)
Petition about Illegal Sale via HGV-meta
Petition of an orphan girl against an illegal sale of her inherited land. Petition to the prefect of Egypt from Aurelia Tapaeis of Karanis, an orphaned minor, complaining that Antiourios and Atisios unlawfully sold land she had inherited from her mother. She asks that the sale be declared void and ownership of the plots restored to her; it dates to about AD 342. machine translation
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- Petition about Illegal Sale HGV-meta Karanis (Arsinoites)342
- Petition [342 AD] APIS-papyrus Karanis (Arsinoites)342 CE
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Transcription
Φλαυίῳ[…]…[…]τῷ διασημοτάτῳ ἡγεμόνι[…]………
παρὰ Αὐρηλίας Ταπάιτος Ἑρᾶ μητρὸς Ἀλλοῦτος ἀπὸ κώμης Καρανίδος
τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ· δικαιοτάτην ἀξίωσιν βαλοῦσα τῷ σῷ μεγέθει, ἡγεμὼν δέσποτα, εὔελπίς εἰμι τῆς παρὰ τοῦ σοῦ μεγέθους βοηθείας τυχεῖν· τάδε κατεμαρτύρησα ὅτι Ἀντιοῦριος Ἀβοῦτος καὶ Ἀτίσιος υἱὸς
τοῦ Λεωνίδου ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης Καρανίδος πρᾶγμα παραν
ομώτατον κατʼ ἐμοῦ διέπραξαν ὅπερ οἱ νόμοι τὴν σὴν μεγαλείαν ἀκυροῦν
εἰσφέρουσιν. πα…[…].[…]……παρα[…]…[…]… πρός με παῖδα ἀτελῆ καὶ ὀρφανὴν οὖσαν[…]…[…]………[…] τὰς μητρῴας μου ἀρούρας τέσσαρας αι…[…]…[…]………[…]…ησεν πρός τινα γραμματέα Δίδυμον καὶ […]………[…]…ου ὑποτελοῦσα. δεῖ
γὰρ α…ουδεινου […]ὑπογράφει η…… ὑπογράψαι, …ς αὐτῶν νομίμως … διαπραξαμένη δεδύνηται πρᾶξαι[…]αι τῶν μητρῴων μου
ἀρουρῶν ἐννέα ἡμίσους οὐσῶν περὶ τὴν αὐτὴν κώμην Καρανίδα. τὴν δὲ
χεῖρα ἕτεραν καὶ α…[…]ον ἐποίησεν ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ πράσει ὅπερ οὐκ ἐξοδίασεν
ἐπιβαλόμενος δεσποτείαν αὐτῶν ἐκ δίκης […] τοίνυν ταῦτα τὰ γραμματεῖα
μάλιστα κατὰ περιγραφὴν ἀτελῶν πρ…[…]… συνειστανόμενα ὡς
προείρηται ἀκυροῦσιν οἱ νόμοι καὶ τὰ […]… τούτου χάριν εὐτυχήσασα τῆς ἐπʼ ἀγαθοῖς σου ἀρχῆς τὴν εἰς τοὺς πόδας σου καταφυγὴν
ποιοῦμαι παῖς ὀρφανὴ δεομένη, καὶ πα…[…] σοῦ ἐμοῦ ἀληθευούσης
ἐπὶ τούτοις ὅπως προστάξῃς Πτολεμαῖον……[…] τοῦτον ἀπὸ
……ξης του……προ…[…]… ἄκυρον εἶναι τὴν
γενομένην παράνομον πρᾶσιν, παραδοῦναι δʼ ἐμοὶ τὴν τῶν γῃδίων
δεσποτείαν ἵνα τούτου τυχοῦσα δυνηθῶ ὄνησιν αὐτῶν ἔχειν καὶ
εἰς ἀεὶ σοι εὐχαριστήσω. διευτύχει. Αὐρηλία Ταπάεις ἐπιδέδωκα. Αὐρήλιος
Διόσκορος ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς ἀγραμμάτου.Translations (1)
To Flavius […], the most eminent prefect […]
from Aurelia Tapais, daughter of Heras, her mother being Allous, from the village of Karanis of the Arsinoite nome. Having submitted a most just plea to your Magnificence, my lord prefect, I am confident of obtaining help from your Magnificence. I have testified to the following: that Antiourios son of Abous and Atisios son of Leonides, from the same village of Karanis, committed against me a most unlawful act, which the laws urge your Greatness to annul. […] to me, being an under-age child and an orphan […] my 4 arouras inherited from my mother […] to a certain scribe Didymos and […] paying taxes. For it is necessary […] subscribes […] to subscribe, […] of them lawfully […] having contrived, he was able to sell […] of my maternal arouras, amounting to 9 1/2, near the same village of Karanis. And he made the hand another and […] in this sale, which he did not pay out, imposing ownership of them by legal action […]. Therefore these documents, especially those drawn up to defraud minors […] as has been said before, the laws annul, and the […]. For this reason, having had the good fortune of your beneficent rule, I take refuge at your feet, an orphan child, begging, and […] since I speak the truth in these matters, that you order Ptolemaios […] this man from […] that the unlawful sale that took place be void, and that the ownership of the plots be handed over to me, so that, having obtained this, I may be able to have the benefit of them and be grateful to you forever. Farewell.
I, Aurelia Tapaeis, have submitted this. I, Aurelius Dioskoros, wrote on her behalf since she is illiterate.
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- TM-Text 10527 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.col;7;173 tier-1
- HGV-Text 10527 tier-1
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