Roman will bequeathing sheep, house property and a slave TM 14054From Fayum (Karanis?)335 CE
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A fragmentary will drawn up in Roman form by an Aurelius, appointing heirs (including men whose father was Eudaimon), leaving sheep, house rooms, a slave and movable goods to relatives such as the daughter of his dead son Eudaimon, and arranging his burial. It is dated by the consuls of AD 335 and probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
The will follows the Roman ceremony of sale 'by bronze and scales' (mancipatio), with a symbolic buyer of the estate for one assarion and a scale-holder. Much of the formulaic text is restored from parallel wills.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Roman Will). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
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Αὐρήλιος[…]υἱὸς[…]τοῦ[…]ἀπὸ κώμης[…]ς νοῶν καὶ φρονῶν διαθήκην ἐποίησεν γραφησομένην τε ὑπηγόρευσεν[…] […]μ…[…]πατρὸς Εὐδαίμονος καὶ Ἰσίδωρος ὁμοίως πατρὸς Εὐδαίμονος[…] […]κληρονόμοι μου ἔστωσαν αἱρέσει τῇ ὑποκειμένη καθὼς ἑξῆς ἕκαστος προσδέξεται. οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ πάντες ἀποκληρόνο…