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Declaration of alienation of a small house and courtyard at Philadelphia TM 11295Philadelphia (Arsinoites)Dez. 307

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A copy of a declaration by five siblings, children of Papnouthios, that they are selling a small single-roofed house with a courtyard in Philadelphia to Aurelia Tapais for 1 talent 900 drachmas. It was drawn up in December 307 in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

In the consulship of our lord Maximinus, the most illustrious Caesar. Copy. From the Aurelii Gounthos and Ataris, who acts without a guardian by the right of children, and Atrea, with her guardian, my husband Aurelius Nemesion son of Julius, his mother being Theodora, and Tauês and Sambathous, the two minors, with their guardian our aforementioned brother Aurelius Gounthos, the five children of Papnouthios, their mother being Tanilla, all from the village of A[…] of the Herakleides division. The small single-roofed house with a courtyard, which belongs to us and has not been registered by us, in the village of Philadelphia of the same division, we declare that we are alienating to Aurelia Tapais daughter of Patermouthios, her mother being Taeisas, from the aforementioned village of Philadelphia, for the price of 1 talent and 900 drachmas of silver […] The Aurelii Gounthos and Ataris and Atrea and Tauês and Sambathous […] […] are alienating to Aurelia Tapais the aforementioned house and courtyard […] [… 3 lines lost …]

The "right of children" (ius liberorum) allowed a woman with enough children to act legally without a male guardian. The name of the sellers' home village is illegible.

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’aliénation). 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 · Dez. 307 · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

ὑπατείας τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν Μαξιμίνου τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτου Καίσαρος ἀντίγραφον παρὰ Αὐρηλίων Γούνθου καὶ Αταρι χωρὶς κυρίου χρηματιζούσης τέκνων δικαίῳ καὶ Ατρεας μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ ἀνδρός μου Αὐρηλίου Νεμεσίωνος Ἰουλίου μητρὸς Θεοδώρας καὶ Ταύητος καὶ Σαμβαθοῦτος ἀφηλίκων τῶν δύο μετὰ …