Petition of a widow for appointment of a guardian for her children TM 16582Oxyrhynchos18. Febr. 206

To Androsthenes also called Rufus, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Demarion daughter of Apion son of Dorion, her mother being Helene, from the city of Oxyrhynchus, with her guardian, her father Apion son of Dorion, his mother being Kleuparous, from the same city. My husband, Dionysios also called Sarapion, son of Apollonios, his mother being Sinthonis, from the same city, died on the second (?) of the past month intestate, leaving as heirs his under-age children by me, Hermes and Herais. Submitting this petition, therefore, I ask you to write to the city scribe to appoint a guardian of the minors so that nothing of theirs may be lost. Year 14 of the Emperors Caesars Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Arabicus Adiabenicus Parthicus Maximus and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius, Augusti, ⟦and Publius Septimius Geta⟧ Caesar Augustus, Mecheir 24. (2nd hand) I, Demarion daughter of Apion, have submitted this. I, Apion son of Dorion, have been registered as guardian of my daughter, and I wrote on her behalf since she does not know letters.