Petition of Taesis against her half-brother Chairemon for assault and withheld inheritance TM 10393Karanis (Arsinoites)

To Aurelius Gordianus, beneficiarius on station, from Aurelia Taesis daughter of Kopres, from the village of Karanis. Having suffered violence and an unlawful assault, [being deprived (?)] of our [property] by my paternal brother Chairemon, from the same village of Karanis, unable to bear this I have come to seek the protection of the laws. Left an infant by my parents, I stayed with my maternal brother Ammonios, who raised me, while my paternal inheritance was stolen and held by the aforementioned Chairemon; and while I was still of tender age I kept quiet about this, but by the providence of God, having come of age, I was compelled to proceed against this same aforementioned Chairemon concerning my paternal property which he holds. And when I had petitioned once and a second time the beneficiarius entrusted with the decadarchy, he ordered him to give back what he has in his possession, but he did not [give it back]. Yesterday, which was the 24th, his daughters Kyrilla and Tasoucharion and Taesis and T[…] and Thatres their mother […] me, maltreating me with blows, [tearing out (?)] my hair and ripping my clothing, threw me to the ground and left me, in the presence of Hol and Kasios, public officials of the same village, who rescued me from the women […] […]