Petition of Kyrilla and Martha to the logistes over their cousin's estate TM 15772Oxyrhynchos

To Flavius Sarapodoros, logistes of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from the Aurelii Kyrilla and Martha, both with father Kastor, from the same city. Gemellus is the son of Rhodon, who was our paternal uncle; when he (Gemellus) was about to die, he placed (?) the property he left under the authority of a certain Ammonios, an apotaktikos, who was his maternal uncle, urging that we should not trouble him. It happened, however, that this same Ammonios, being an apotaktikos, departed from mankind not long after. The property of the aforesaid Gemellus has devolved upon us, who are of his paternal family. Since, then, Ammonios neither made a will nor appointed heirs, but ended his life as an apotaktikos, and a certain Ammon, who is not an heir, holds by force this property which does not belong to him, we therefore ask your grace to order the same Ammon to appear and to be compelled, since he is neither son of Ammonios nor heir, to give back to us, who are of his paternal family, the property of Gemellus, so that with your help we may suffer no fraud. We, the Aureliae Kyrilla and Martha, have submitted this. I, Aurelius Theodoros son of Thonios, wrote on their behalf, as they do not know letters.