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Petition of Aurelius Theon alias Zoilos to the prefect concerning guardianship TM 15991Oxyrhynchos

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A badly damaged petition from Aurelius Theon, also called Zoilos, of Oxyrhynchus to the prefect of Egypt Gaius Claudius Firmus. It concerns guardianship of minor children and inheritance under a will, with Theon pleading old age, the maintenance of his own children, and heavy debts on the estate.

In English machine translation

[recto] To Gaius Claudius Firmus, prefect of Egypt, […] from Aurelius Theon also called Zoilos […] from the city of Oxyrhynchus. […] […] ungrudging (?). For of five children […] […] from the laws and […] […] in wills […] […]eros also called Dionysios, son […] […] having considered (?) the property […] […] of his children entrusted (?) […] […] his […] Sabinianus […] […] had been left […] […] of their family, but […] […] more affectionately […] […] to me, the maternal (?) […] […] and altogether moderate […] […] for the maintenance of my children […] […] to you, lord, by petitions […] […] I happen to be an old man and that […] […] me to be liable […] […] I show myself […] […] towards them […] […] mother of the minors […] […] of the mother […] […] before you the […] to them […] […] to suffice […] […] debts, being very many […] […] to be handed over to me […] […] household furnishings in the house, and if […] […] I have received (?) […] [verso] […] Publius Licinnius […]

Gaius Claudius Firmus was prefect of Egypt around AD 264, which dates the petition approximately. Theon seems to seek release from a guardianship of minors, citing the five-children exemption and his age.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition to a Prefect). 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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p.oxy.43.3113

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