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Will of a Macedonian cleruch of 120 arouras TM 1577Memphis28. Juni 242 v.Chr.

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Fragmentary will drawn up at Memphis in year 6 of Ptolemy III (242 BC) by an elderly Macedonian cleruch holding an allotment of 120 arouras, described physically in the usual manner. The surviving part contains the dating formula, the testator's description and the start of his bequest of the allotment.

In English machine translation

[Fragment A] In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy and Arsinoe, Gods Siblings, year 6, when Tantalos son of Kleonikos was priest of Alexander and of the Gods Siblings and of the Gods Benefactors, and Simarion daughter of Isokrates was basket-bearer of Arsinoe Philadelphos, in the month Xandikos, day 12, at Memphis. These are the dispositions made, being of sound mind and understanding, by […], Macedonian, of the troops of Aineas, cleruch of 120 arouras, about 65 years old, of medium height, square-built, squinting (?), with scars on the left side of the forehead and on the right jaw and below the cheek and above the upper lip. May it be granted to me, as long as I am in good health, to manage my own affairs; but if anything human should befall me, I leave the allotment […] and the appurtenances […] […] […] [Fragment B] […] […] privileges […] […] from Antipatros […] […] from […] […] useful […] […] Artemidoros […] […] said to be […] […]

The testator's name is lost. A cleruch held land (kleros) from the crown in return for military service; his name of 'the troops of Aineas' refers to the unit or command he belonged to.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 28. Juni 242 v.Chr. · Memphis

[FrA] βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου καὶ Ἀρσινόης θεῶν ἀδελφῶν ἔτους ϛ ἐφʼ ἱερέως Ταντάλου τοῦ Κλεονίκου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν ἀδελφῶν καὶ θεῶν εὐεργετῶν, κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Σιμαρίου τῆς Ἰσοκράτους, μηνὸς Ξανδικοῦ ιβ ἐν Μέμφει. τάδε διέθετο νοῶν καὶ φρονῶν […] Μα…