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Receipts for maintenance of a ward paid by his guardian to his mother TM 10758Arsinoites

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Receipt in which Herakleia also called Arsinoe, acting through her father, acknowledges payment from Philosarapis of Antinoopolis, guardian of her minor son Julius also called Herodes, for the boy's maintenance and clothing together with a slave girl, at 28 drachmas a month. It is dated to year 16 of Septimius Severus and Caracalla, in Pauni, in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[A] Herakleia also called Arsinoe, through her father Herakleides also called Didymos, Hellene, from the Arsinoite nome, to Philosarapis son of Lysimachos, Antinoite, guardian of Julius also called Herodes, greetings. I have received from you the maintenance of the aforementioned minor together with the slave girl, the maintenance and clothing from the time of your appointment up to Pauni of the past sixteenth year, at the rate of 28 drachmas per month. Year 16 of Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius, Augusti, and ⟦Publius Septimius Geta⟧ Caesar Augustus, Pauni […] I, the aforementioned Herakleia also called Arsinoe, through the same father Herakleides also called Didymos, have received from you on account of the maintenance and clothing of my minor son Julius […] […]

Geta's name was erased after his damnatio memoriae in AD 212. The Greek 'trophea' denotes maintenance or nursing allowance paid for the child's upkeep.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipts of Ward’s Alimony). 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 · Arsinoites

[A] Ἡράκλεια ἡ καὶ Ἀρσινόη διὰ τοῦ πατρὸς Ἡρακλείδου τοῦ καὶ Διδύμου Ἕλληνος ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου Φιλοσαράπιδι Λυσιμάχου Ἀντινοεῖ ἐπιτρόπῳ Ἰουλίου τοῦ καὶ Ἡρώδου χαίρειν. ἀπέσχον παρά σου τὰ τροφεῖα τοῦ προκειμένου ἀφήλικος σὺν τῇ παιδίσκῃ, τὰ τροφεῖα καὶ ἱματισμὸν ἀπὸ τῆς καταστάσ…