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Opening of a will made by Aurelia Aias, daughter of a former magistrate and councillor of Oxyrhynchus, who declares that she is of sound mind though ill and that the will is written in Greek as the law allows. It was drawn up at Oxyrhynchus on 21 August 331; the dispositions themselves are lost.
The reference to writing 'in Greek letters' reflects imperial legislation permitting wills to be drawn up in Greek rather than Latin. Only the preamble survives.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Wills). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ὑπατείας Ἰουνίου Βάσσου καὶ Φλαουίου Ἀβλαβίου τῶν λαμπροτάτων ἐπάρχων Μεσορὴ κη ἐν τῇ λαμπρᾷ καὶ λαμπροτάτῃ Ὀξυρυγχειτῶν πόλει. Αὐρηλία Ἀϊᾶς θυγάτηρ Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονος Κεκιλίου ἄρξαντος γενομένου βουλευτοῦ τῆς λαμπρᾶς καὶ λαμπροτάτης Ὀξυρυγχειτῶν πόλεως τόδε τὸ βούλημα[…] ἐποίησα νο…
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