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Agreement by Thenarmaeis not to sue her brothers over paternal property TM 12154Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptDecember 10, 7 A.D.

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A contract registered at the record office of Tebtynis in which Thenarmaeis, daughter of Petesouchos, acting with her husband Stothoetis as guardian, promises never to bring legal claims against her full brothers Harmaeis and Petesouchos over their father's estate or anything else. A breach carries double damages and a fine of 200 silver drachmas. It was written by Maron son of Euhemeros for the illiterate parties on 10 December AD 7.

In English machine translation

[recto] Choiak [13] In the thirty-seventh year of the dominion of Caesar, son of the god, on the thirteenth of the month Peritios, Choiak thirteenth, at Tebtynis in the division of Polemon of the Arsinoite nome. Year 37 of Caesar, Choiak 13, registered through Apion, nomographos of Tebtynis. I, Thenarmaeis daughter of Petesouchos, with my husband Stothoetis son of Stothoetis as guardian, acknowledge that I do not and will not bring any claim against my brothers by the same father and the same mother, Harmaeis and Petesouchos, nor will anyone else on my behalf, either concerning the paternal property or concerning any matter whatsoever, written or unwritten, from past times up to the aforementioned day. If I proceed against or bring a claim, or anyone else on my behalf, against the aforementioned Harmaeis and Petesouchos, the proceeding and the claim shall be invalid for me and for anyone proceeding on my behalf, and further I shall pay in addition the damages and expenses twofold, and, if I transgress, the penalty of 200 silver drachmas and the damage, and nonetheless the terms agreed shall be valid for all time as written above. Maron son of Euhemeros wrote on their behalf, having been asked, because they do not know letters. [verso] […] Harmaeis and Petesouchos

The text is the principal party's subscription, which restates the agreement so the full contract body could be left unwritten; the nomographos was the official notary-registrar of the village record office. The date is given in both the Macedonian (Peritios) and Egyptian (Choiak) calendars.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Agreement not to Prosecute). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

Agreement not to prosecute

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 623 · December 10, 7 A.D. · Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Contract whereby a woman, Thenarmaeis, daughter of Petesouchos, binds herself not to go to law with her brothers Harmaeis and Petesouchos over their paternal inheritance; the sheet bears, from top to bottom: 1) a short date; 2) the regular introductory formula, giving the date in…

p.mich.5.345

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 10. Dez. 7 · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

[r] Χοίακ ιγ ἔτους ἑβδόμου καὶ τριακοστοῦ τῆς Καίσαρος κρατήσεως θεοῦ υἱοῦ μηνὸς Περειτίου τρεισκαιδεκάτηι, Χοιὰκ τρεισκαιδεκάτηι, ἐν Τεβτύνει τῆς Πολέμωνος μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ. ἔτους λζ Καίσαρος Χοίακ ιγ ἀναγέγραπται διὰ Ἀπίωνος νομογράφου Τεβτύνεως. Θεναρμάεις Πετεσού…