A Roman double-document (tablet) recording the formal acceptance (cretio) of an inheritance by Valeria Sarapias, a minor girl from Antinoopolis, acting through her brother Lucius Valerius Lucretianus. She declares herself heir of her paternal grandmother Lucretia Diodora under her will; the act was done at the Arsinoite metropolis on 29 September 170, with seven witnesses and a Greek subscription.
In English machine translation
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(Seals of) Gaius Luccius Geminianus, Titus Flavius Iulianus, Lucius Ignatius Numerianus, Gaius Iulius Antonius, Gaius Rufius Ptolemaeus, Gaius Iulius Herminus, Lucius Valerius Lucretianus
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Valeria Sarapias, Antinoite, a maiden, through her representative Lucius Valerius Lucretianus Matidius also called Plotinius, of the Antinoites, her brother, has declared that she has entered upon and accepted (cretio) the inheritance of Lucretia Diodora, her grandmother on her father's side, and that she is heir according to the tablets of her will.
Done in Egypt, in the Arsinoite nome, at the metropolis, on the 3rd day before the Kalends of October, in the consulship of Marcus Cornelius Cethegus and Sextus Erucius Clarus, in the 11th year of the Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Armeniacus Medicus Parthicus Maximus, month Phaophi, day 2.
(Greek) I, Valeria Serapias, have entered upon the inheritance of my grandmother on my father's side in accordance with her will. I, Lucius Valerius Lucretianus, being her guardian, wrote on her behalf, as she is under age.
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Valeria Sarapias, Antinoite, a maiden, through her representative Lucius Valerius Lucretianus Matidius also called Plotinius, of the Antinoites, her brother, has declared that she has entered upon and accepted the inheritance of Lucretia Diodora, her grandmother on her father's side, and that she is heir according to the tablets of her will.
Done in Egypt, in the Arsinoite nome, at the metropolis, on the 3rd day before the Kalends of October, in the consulship of Marcus Cornelius Cethegus and Sextus Erucius Clarus.
Cretio was the formal Roman-law act of accepting an inheritance, required of Roman citizens; the names at the top are those of the seven witnesses who sealed the tablet. The Latin calls Lucretianus procurator, the Greek epitropos (guardian).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Déclaration d'entrée en possession d'un héritage). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.