A deed of gift in which Aurelia Sois gives her son Panechotes a house and empty plots of land, with formal guarantees against claims by his brothers or other relatives. It is dated 12 June 335 and witnessed by a former magistrate of Aphroditopolis and Flavius Theodoros, a former protector.
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[…] [neighbours on] the four [sides: east] and north, empty plots of Theodoros, former protector;
[…] [west], the house of Sois, me the donor; apart from the other property left
[…] from them […] of my other sons in small plots of land and other necessary items, apart from this
[…] to him from the other sons, that is his brothers, nor of my brothers or relatives […] simply in any way at all, because I have made this gift to him of my own authority and free choice
[…] [of the present] 29th year, 19th, 11th, and that you have the power to use, cede and manage and
[…] without hindrance […] by no one, because I have thus been persuaded to make this gift to you […] and [I will guarantee it with every] guarantee, free from all debt and lien and without any dispute or pretext.
[…] this deed of gift, written clean, valid wherever produced, with the subscription of the one who signed for me […] witness […] let it be valid wherever produced, for security, as if deposited in a public archive. […] and I consent [to everything written] herein, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent.
[In the consulship of Julius Constantius], patrician, [brother of] our [lord Constantine] Augustus, and Rufius Albinus, the most illustrious, Pauni 18.
I, Aurelia [Sois] […] the aforesaid, have ceded, conceded and given as a gift to my own son Panechotes […] of the house […] and the empty plots, of my own will and free choice […] to you, and I consent [to everything] written herein, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent, as stated above.
[…] Pape[…] wrote on her behalf, she being present and not knowing letters, and I am witness.
[As stated above.] I, Aurelius P[…]genes, former magistrate of the city of Aphrodite, am witness to this agreement [as stated above].
I, Flavius Theodoros, former protector, am witness to the agreement as stated above.
The regnal years (29th, 19th, 11th) refer to Constantine and his sons. A protector was a member of an imperial guard corps.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Landschenkung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.