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Division of house property by Athinis among her children at Memphis TM 219310Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites) bzw. MemphisI - II

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Fragmentary contract in which Athinis divides her property, including her maternal house and other houses on the temple avenues of Aphrodite and Hephaistos at Memphis, among her children, with her husband Hephaistion the younger consenting. It includes inheritance clauses for children dying childless and bars claims against the husband; it was registered by Chairemon in year 18, Mesore 29.

In English machine translation

[…] except for what was apportioned to him by Athinis […] of what was apportioned to her, Athinis, by the aforementioned […] by which she made through the agoranomos office in Memphis in the […] year […] under seals, of a will to which he gave consent […] to Athinis of a house, a seal (?) […] Aphrodision (?) to the south of the […] leading into the […] avenue […] of Komoapis son of Harmachis, of which the neighbours are: on the south […] of the sons of […], on the north the avenue of Aphrodite, on the west […] of the sons of Galates, on the east of the sons of […] of the maternal house of Athinis […] of the two avenues, both that of Hephaistos and […] sellers, of which the neighbours are: on the south Nikomachos […] on the north […] on the west […] on the east Lampon the cloak-seller […] of […]apon, into which they carry from the […], on condition that, when she has died, the […] the aforementioned, having spent 420 drachmas of silver […] 60 drachmas, and of Hephaistion the younger […] are younger, the shares falling to them […] And if any of the aforementioned children dies childless and intestate, his share shall belong to his surviving brothers jointly in equal parts. And it shall not be permitted to the aforementioned Apollonios and […] and […] and Polydeukes and Helene to proceed […] against the husband of Athinis, Hephaistion the younger, neither […] nor after the death of Athinis […] in any way. And present before the office the husband of Athinis, Hephaistion the younger, son of Apollonios, consents to this agreement, and it shall not be permitted to any of the adult children of Athinis […] to lay claim to the foregoing, or, apart from the intended proceeding or […] contrary to these being invalid, further […] to the others the damages and, as a private debt, […] drachmas of silver […] and the agreements remaining nonetheless valid in every respect. […] 29. I, Chairemon, have registered it. Year 18, Mesore 29. […]

The records give provenance as either Soknopaiou Nesos or Memphis; the property lies near Memphite temple avenues (dromoi). Much of the left side is lost, so names and clauses are partly restored.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Maternal Division of Housed Property near the Temples of Memphis). 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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