A mutual testamentary agreement between the married couple Panephremmis son of Paous and Thases daughter of Stotoetis at Soknopaiou Nesos, under Trajan. Each leaves all property, including land at Herakleia, oil presses, houses and donkeys, to the surviving spouse, after whose death the elder son Anchophis is to receive two shares.
In English machine translation
Year […] of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, month […], at Soknopaiou Nesos in the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome.
Panephremmis son of Paous son of Panephremmis, aged about … years, with a scar […], and his wife Thases daughter of Stotoetis son of Katoitis, aged about 35 years, with a scar […], with her guardian, her kinsman Panephremmis son of Katoitis, aged about 55 years, with a scar […], mutually agree:
If it should happen that the contracting party Panephremmis dies first, all that he leaves behind shall belong to the aforementioned wife Thases: near the village of Herakleia in the Themistos division, 2 1/2 arouras of catoecic allotment land and 6 arouras of privately owned land, together 8 1/2 arouras, with all appurtenances, in one parcel; and near the same village, in the hamlet called 'of 9 arouras', in catoecic status, a house and courtyard in which there is an oil press fitted with machinery and all other equipment, and an empty plot, with entrances and exits and all appurtenances, in one parcel; and in the village of Soknopaiou Nesos a half share of a house and courtyard, and another oil press and courtyard, with all appurtenances; and donkeys, and whatever he may acquire hereafter, and furniture and utensils and all household goods, and all debts owed to him in any manner whatsoever; and […]
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[…] and all debts owed to her in any manner whatsoever, to the aforementioned husband Panephremmis. If either of them dies first, the survivor shall be free to sell, mortgage and use, in whatever manner he or she chooses, and to […] others […] all the aforementioned, and they shall make repayment of what they both owe; and after the death of the survivor, the elder son Anchophis, of the children of both, shall receive two parts of all that the survivor leaves behind, in accordance with the wish of the […], except for the woman's jewellery. As long as each of them lives, each shall have full power to sell, mortgage and use in whatever manner he or she chooses the property belonging to him or her.
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The middle section, with the wife's corresponding bequest to her husband, is largely lost. 'Catoecic' land was land originally granted to military settlers, later held as a privileged private category.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Testamentshomologie unter Eheleuten). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.