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p.oxy.34.2709 18. Febr. 206Oxyrhynchos

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Petition of a widow for appointment of a guardian for her children. A widow, Demarion, acting with her father Apion as guardian, petitions the strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome after her husband Dionysios died intestate, leaving two minor children, Hermes and Herais. She asks that the city scribe be instructed to appoint a guardian to protect the children's inheritance. Written at Oxyrhynchus in AD 206. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Ἀνδροσθένει τῷ καὶ Ῥούφῳ στρατηγῷ Ὀξυρυγχίτου παρὰ Δημαρίου Ἀπίωνος τοῦ Δωρίωνος, μητρὸς Ἑλένης, ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως, μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ πατρὸς Ἀπίωνος Δωρίωνος, μητρὸς Κλευπαροῦτος, ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως· ὁ ἀνήρ μου, Διονύσιος ὁ καὶ Σαραπίων Ἀπολλωνίου, μητρὸς Σινθώνιος, ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως, ἐτελεύτησε τῇ διελθούσῃ δευτέρᾳ ἀδιάθετος ἐπὶ κληρονόμοις ἀφήλιξι αὑτοῦ ἐξ ἐμοῦ τέκνοις, Ἑρμῇ καὶ Ἡραίδι. ἐπιδίδουσα οὖν τὸ βιβλίδιον, ἀξιῶ ἐπιστεῖλαι τῷ τῆς πόλεως γραμματεῖ ἐπίτροπον τῶν ἀφηλίκων καταστῆσαι πρὸς τὸ μηδὲν αὐτοῖς παραπολέσθαι. ἔτους ιδ Αὐτοκρατόρων Καισάρων Λουκίου Σεπτιμίου Σεουήρου Εὐσεβοῦς Περτίνακος Ἀραβικοῦ Ἀδιαβηνικοῦ Παρθικοῦ Μεγίστου καὶ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου Εὐσεβοῦς Σεβαστῶν Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ· Μεχεὶρ κδ. Δημάριον Ἀπίωνος ἐπιδέδωκα. Ἀπίων Δωρίωνος ἐπιγέγραμμαι τῆς θυγατρός μου κύριος, καὶ ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς μὴ εἰδυίης γράμματα.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
To Androsthenes also called Rufus, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Demarion daughter of Apion son of Dorion, her mother being Helene, from the city of Oxyrhynchus, with her guardian, her father Apion son of Dorion, his mother being Kleuparous, from the same city. My husband, Dionysios also called Sarapion, son of Apollonios, his mother being Sinthonis, from the same city, died on the second (?) of the past month intestate, leaving as heirs his under-age children by me, Hermes and Herais. Submitting this petition, therefore, I ask you to write to the city scribe to appoint a guardian of the minors so that nothing of theirs may be lost. Year 14 of the Emperors Caesars Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Arabicus Adiabenicus Parthicus Maximus and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius, Augusti, ⟦and Publius Septimius Geta⟧ Caesar Augustus, Mecheir 24. (2nd hand) I, Demarion daughter of Apion, have submitted this. I, Apion son of Dorion, have been registered as guardian of my daughter, and I wrote on her behalf since she does not know letters.

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