Fragment of a petition
This petition (or possibly a memorandum of court proceedings) deals with family matters.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 11877
Fragment of a petition concerning adoption and family property TM 11877ArsinoitesFirst or second century CE
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A fragment of a petition, or possibly a record of court proceedings, from the Arsinoite nome concerning a family matter. It mentions an attempt to deprive someone of property, an adoption, an appeal, and persons named Sarapodoros, Eudaimon, Claudius Serenus and Psennesis.
In English machine translation
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[...] to deprive (?) [...] my [...] [...]
[...] he adopted (?) [...]
[...] the son of S[...] [...]
[...] to my [...] especially [...]
[...] council (?) testified [...]
[...]
[...] perhaps (?) also this [...]
[...] on behalf of Sarapodoros [...]
[...] many [...]
[...] appeals [...]
[...] strategia [...]
[...] of [...] Eudaimon [...]
[...] Claudius Se[...] [...]
[...]
[...]
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[...] on behalf of Claudius Serenus [...]
[...]
[...] of Psennesis [...]
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The description dates the text to the 1st or 2nd century AD and suggests it may be court proceedings rather than a petition. The verb restored as 'adopted' (epaidopoiesato) is partly supplied by the editor.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a Petition). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.leid.inst.1.36
[r] [… ? lines lost …] […]ἐμῶν ἀποστερεῖν[…] […]ἐπαιδοποιήσατο […] […] τὸν υἱὸν τῆς Σ[…] […]ἐμοῖς μάλιστα μ[…] […]…βουλη ἐμαρτυρ[…] […]…[…] […]ισως καὶ τουτ[…] […]… ὑπὲρ Σαραποδώρ[…] […]πολλων ε[…]ρ…[…] […]ἐκκαλεῖται […] […]στρατηγίαν […] […]ου Εὐδαίμονος[…] […] Κλαύδιον Σε[…] [……