Will
(Copy of) will
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Fragmentary copy of a woman's will from Tebtynis, drawn up before the agoranomos in year 31 (AD 190/191). She names her daughters as heirs, distributing a paternal house, a plot called Kourion and catoecic land at Theogonis, on condition they arrange her funeral; witnesses' sealing statements follow.
Year 31 corresponds to the reign of Commodus. "Fatherless" (apator) marks a person of unknown or illegitimate paternity, identified by the mother's name.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment einer Testamentsabschrift). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
(Copy of) will
ἀντίγραφον διαθήκης ἔτους λα Αυ…[…]…[…]ἀγορανόμου. τάδε διέθετο νοοῦσα καὶ φρονοῦσα ι α δ[…] τοῦ Θέωνος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης …[…]… […]ἐὰν δὲ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τελευτήσω, καταλείπω κληρονόμους τὰς γεγονυίας μου[…]…[…] κως ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ διατασσομένων ἑκάστῃ τῇ ἀδελφῇ[…]…τη[…]πατρικὴν οἰκίαν καὶ …
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