Receipt for a Share of an Inheritance
Receipt for 20 drachmae paid to Maron as his share of an inheritance from his deceased father, by his younger brother Onnophris.
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A receipt drawn up at Euhemeria in the Arsinoite nome in AD 78, in which Maron the elder acknowledges receiving 20 silver drachmas from his younger half-brother Onnophris. The money was Maron's share under the division of property made by their late father Onnophris son of Aphrodisios during his lifetime, and Maron renounces any further claim.
Neos Sebastos was an honorific month name used in Roman Egypt, corresponding to Hathyr. 'Same father' brothers (homopatrios) were children of the same father, possibly by different mothers.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for a Share of an Inheritance). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Receipt for 20 drachmae paid to Maron as his share of an inheritance from his deceased father, by his younger brother Onnophris.
[r] ἔτους ἑνδεκάτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Οὐεσπασιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ, μηνὸς Νέου Σεβαστοῦ ζ, ἐν Εὐημερείᾳ τῆς Θεμίστου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ. ὁμολογεῖ Μάρων πρεσβύτερος Ὀννώφρεως ὡς ἐτῶν τεσσαράκοντα οὐλὴ μετώπωι τῶι ἑαυτοῦ ὁμοπατρίωι ἀδελφῶι Ὀννώφρι ὡς ἐτῶν δέκα ὀκτὼ ἀσήμωι, …
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