Fragments of a dossier of legal precedents, probably attached to a petition, quoting minutes of proceedings before the prefect Eudaimon under Antoninus Pius on guardianship and liability for entrusted property, followed by a Greek translation of a Latin imperial rescript of Antoninus. Roman Egypt, around AD 150.
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[…] … if they wish […] to be […] … the inscription(?) to the […] according to the law, as long as they need.
From the minutes of Eudaimon, prefect:
[…] year […] of Titus Aelius Antoninus, Mesore 6.
[In the case of …]on son of Dionysios son of Dionysios against Dionysarion […] daughter(?) of Apollonarion, after other matters:
[…] having said: two, he said: […] the […]
[…] I give back the […] to
[…] he does not owe me […] Eudaimon said: it appears so.
Year […] of Titus Aelius Antoninus, Phamenoth 10, the guardian of the minor children of Herakleides […] having been summoned, and Pikos their mother, and Maximus ⟦…⟧ ⟦[…]eides⟧ son of Harendotes, and Ach[…] son of Herakleides, and
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[…] on behalf of […] the guardian […]
[…] each of them for […] is held, but when […]
[…] becomes solvent in full […] this solvent man is […]
[…] says that Apollonios himself wrote that he had it in his keeping.
But consider that he did not write it but granted it to this man, and this man squandered it, clearly at the risk of the one who granted it; or produce this man as solvent, and Apollonios and the heirs of Apollonios can be free of trouble.
Likewise, a translation of Latin documents, as far as possible:
The emperor Antoninus to Usenophis(?) D…:
I have ordered that a copy of the petition given to me by Valerius Zoilus, and likewise of my subscription, be appended, moved not only by the name of the petitioner but also with regard to the precedent itself, if thus unjustly they are going to […] dwelling […] bad […] of whom […] in the affairs, or providing an occasion […]
[…] or fitting […] through the […]
[…] in this kind of […]
[…] was taken […] existing […]
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The prefect is Valerius Eudaimon, prefect of Egypt under Antoninus Pius. The rescript is introduced as a translation of Latin documents 'as far as possible', and its addressee's name is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a Petition). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.