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bgu.20.2863 133 - 137Arsinoites (?)
Letter to a Prefect via HGV-meta
Judge's report to the prefect on an inheritance dispute between a grandson and his uncles. Copy of a report from the judge Harpokration to the prefect of Egypt Petronius Mamertinus about an inheritance case referred to him. Herakleides claimed property willed to his late mother by her father, while his three maternal uncles argued that, since she had died before their father, the estate belonged to them alone; Herakleides invoked an imperial letter, apparently allowing daughters' sons to share inheritance among Egyptians. machine translation
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TM 316226.
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- Letter to a Prefect HGV-meta Arsinoites (?)133 - 137
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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· Greek
Transcription
ἀντίγραφον ἐπιστολῆς.
Πετρωνίωι Μαμερτίνωι τῶι κρατίστωι ἡγεμόνι
[…]…υιος Ἁρποκρατίων κριτὴς χαίρειν.
ἐξ ἀναπομπῆς σου, ἡγεμὼν κύριε,῾Ηρακλείδης τις
Αἰγύπτιος ἐδικάσατο Ἑρμίᾳ καὶ Πτολεμαίῳ καὶ Ἀρτεμιδώρῳ τοῖς τρισὶ θείοις ἑαυτοῦ πρὸς μητρὸς μετερχόμενος ὑπάρχοντα ἃ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ Πτολεμαὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ
πατρὸς αὐτῆς κατὰ διαθήκην συνεκεχώρητο ἔχειν μετὰ τελευτὴν ἐκείνου· καὶ τῶν θείων διαβεβαιωσαμένων προτετελευτηκέναι τοῦ πατρὸς τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῶν καὶ κατὰ
τοῦτο φασκόντων ἀνακεκαμφέναι εἰς ἐκεῖνον τὸ τῆς
διαταγῆς δίκαιον καὶ αὐτοῖς μόνοις προσήκειν τὰ πατρῷα, ὁ Ἡρακλείδης ἠξίου βοηθεῖσθαι τῇ τοῦ κυρίου
Αὐτοκράτορος ἐπιστολῇ ἥτις διατάγματί σου ἀνείλημπται· τῶν ἐξ ἐναντίας μη… […]…[…]…ι…ν…λ[…]…[…]…[…]…[…]
γεγράφθαι αὐτὴν διαβεβαιουμεν… α…[…]…[…]
παρ’ Αἰγυπτίοις θυγατριδοῦς υἱοῖς συνκληρονομεῖν […]τε τῷ διεληλυθότι …[…]…[…] ἐνθάδε ἐπ…[…]…δ[…]
Διοσκουρίδῃ τῷ νομικῷ ζητησαμένῳ θε[…]
ὁμοίων ἐπε[…]…λλω[…] α[…]
θυγατριδοῖ εσ[…]…ε…ο[…]
[…]…[…]
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
Copy of a letter.
To Petronius Mamertinus, the most excellent prefect, […]…ius Harpokration, judge, greetings.
On your referral, lord prefect, a certain Herakleides, an Egyptian, went to law against Hermias, Ptolemaios and Artemidoros, his three uncles on his mother's side, claiming property which his mother Ptolemais had been granted by her father under a will to hold after his death. When the uncles affirmed that their sister had died before their father, and on that ground asserted that the right under the testament had reverted to him and that the paternal estate belonged to them alone, Herakleides asked to be assisted by the letter of our lord the Emperor, which has been incorporated in your edict. The opposing party […] that it had been written, affirming […] among Egyptians daughters' sons share the inheritance with sons […] to the deceased […] here […]
to Dioskourides the legal expert, who inquired […]
similar […]
daughter's son […]
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Arsinoite nome
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 316226 primary
- DDbDP-Text bgu;20;2863 tier-1
- HGV-Text 316226 tier-1
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