Home › Spine › TM 12338
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 12338

Donation in contemplation of death by Tithoues to his wife and children TM 12338Arsinoiton polis, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptDecember 30, 47 A.D. or December 29, 61 A.D.

The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 3 records across 3 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →

Copy of a donation in contemplation of death by Tithoues, son of Petaus, from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome. He assigns his catoecic land, shares of a house and plots, a donkey and foal to his son Petaus, divides his sheep and goats among Petaus and his daughters Thaesis and Tamystha, and gives his wife Tapetsiris the right to live in the house and certain goods in return for settling his debts.

In English machine translation

[1] […] [to Petaus and Thaesis and Tamystha, the three born to him] from his lawful wife with whom he lives, [Tapetsiris daughter of Pnepheros, and to Tapetsiris herself: to the male] son Petaus the paternal catoecic allotment belonging to [him, the declarant Tithoues, at the village of Karanis in the Herakleides division], of [one and a half arouras out of three arouras, undivided with] the declarant's brother Tithoues, [in one parcel, free of any village surcharge or any other kind whatsoever; and to the] same son Petaus also the [half share, common and un]divided, belonging [to the declarant Tithoues] of a paternal house, and the [half] share [belonging to the same declarant at Karanis, from his mother's property,] of vacant plots, common [and undivided with the declarant's brother Tithoues; and to the] same son Petaus also, from the [livestock belonging to the declarant Tithoues, a] female [donkey] and the female foal following her; [and to the same son Petaus and to the daughters Thaesis and T]amystha jointly, in equal shares, each [a third part, the] herd sheep belonging [to the declarant], mixed, in number […] [and the lambs and] kids that follow them. The aforementioned wife of the de[clarant shall have the] right of residence [in the aforementioned house] and whatever household utensils and [furnishings he may leave and debts owed to him in any manner whatsoever]; it shall be permitted, the same Tapetsiris both the […] [from the present] eighth year. In return for the [remaining] items that follow, [the wife Tapetsiris shall make settlement of the] debts of every kind which the declarant owes […] [the usufruct of these. The] produce and revenues of the [properties] distributed [to the children] […] … of Petaus, which Tapetsiris shall also hand over […]

A donatio mortis causa is a gift that takes effect at the donor's death, functioning much like a will. Much of the text is restored from a parallel copy of the same document.

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

APIS-papyrus Full record →

Copy(?) of a Will

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 2987 · December 30, 47 A.D. or December 29, 61 A.D. · Arsinoiton polis, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Copy (?)of a donation in contemplation of death (donatio mortis causa), by which the properties of Tithoues the elder, son of Petaus, are to be divided, after his death, between his wife Tapetsiris, their son and their two daughters

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.mich.18.785B

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)

[1] [… ? lines lost …] Πεταῦτι καὶ Θαήσει καὶ Ταμύσθᾳ τοῖς τρισὶ γεγονόσι αὐτῶι ἐξ ἦς συνέστι κατὰ νόμους γυναικὸς Ταπετσίρεως τῆς Πνεφερῶτος καὶ αὐτῷ Ταπετσίρει, τῶι μὲν ἀρρένωι υἱῶι Πεταῦτι τὸν ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῶι τῶι ὁμολογοῦντι Τιθουεῖ ἐν κώμῃ Καρανίδι τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος πατρ…