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Property return to the keepers of property records for a house at Philadelphia TM 10250Arsinoites15. Juni 193

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Beginning of a property return submitted to the keepers of the property records of the Arsinoite nome by a woman of citizen status, acting with her guardian. She registers property, apparently part of a house at Philadelphia, acquired by an agreement executed through the record office. It is dated 15 June 193 in the reign of the usurper Pescennius Niger.

In English machine translation

Year 1 of Gaius Pescennius Niger Justus Augustus, Pauni 21. To […]mon, former gymnasiarch, and Euremon […], keepers of the property records of the Arsinoite nome, from […]this, citizen woman, with her guardian […] son of Asklepiades […] of the Sosikosmian tribe and Althaean deme. I register […] according to an agreement executed through the record office in the […] year […] in the village of Philadelphia […] of the house formerly of […] […]

The dating by Pescennius Niger, who claimed the throne in 193, shows that his rule was briefly recognized in Egypt. 'Sosikosmian tribe and Althaean deme' designate Alexandrian citizenship; the 'agreement' (synchoresis) was a type of contract registered in Alexandria.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Property Return). 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 · 15. Juni 193 · Arsinoites

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