Division of two inherited mortars among relatives at Karanis TM 10315Kom Aushim (Karanis)Nov. 203rd, 296 A.D.

The Aurelii Taesis and Allous, both daughters of Kopres, their mother being Sarapias, and Kastor and Chairemon and Clementina, all three children of Ptolemaios, their mother being Taesis, all from the village of Karanis, to one another, greeting. Since two mortars were left to us from the inheritance of our father, and by lot I, Clementina, and Kastor received one mortar, and I, Chairemon, and Taesis and Allous received the one mortar that is in your keeping, Chairemon, so that each party has a half share, we agree by this deed of security that if anyone lays claim to this mortar that is in your keeping, Chairemon, we, the four parties, will jointly and in equal shares repel the claimant at our own expense, you, Taesis and Allous and your party, having the right to hold and own the half share falling to you and to manage it as you choose. And having been asked the formal question, we agreed. We, the Aureliae Taesis and Allous, have agreed to everything and have received the half share of the mortar, as stated above. I, Aurelius Diodoros, wrote on their behalf because they are illiterate. I, Aurelius Chairemon, have agreed as stated above. We, the Aurelii Kastor and Clementina, have agreed as stated above. I, Aurelius Polion, wrote on their behalf because they are illiterate. Year 2 of our lord Lucius Domitius Domitianus Augustus, Hathyr 27.