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Extract from the property record office concerning a family's property TM 21957OxyrhynchusAfter A.D. 280

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An extract from the property record office at Oxyrhynchus listing, in chronological order, documents filed concerning the property of a family including Sarapias daughter of Gemellinus and her siblings. The entries run from AD 257 (year 5 of Valerian and Gallienus) to at least 279/80 (year 5 of Probus), and include a copy of a Roman will and various deeds and securities.

In English machine translation

Extract from the property record office (bibliotheke enkteseon), from […] Sarapias daughter of Gemellinus, her mother being Hermitarion, […] and her siblings, as it contains, in year 5 of our lords Valerian and Gallienus and Cornelius Valerianus, Augusti, Choiak […] […] year 11 likewise of our lord Gallienus Augustus […] with a memorandum deposited a copy of a Roman will of his wife, sister of Sarapias and her siblings […] from the same city, as it contains. […] Memorandum examined, in the name of Aurelius Admetos […] from the same city, and the single deed deposited with it, as it contains, in the following year 12, Choiak 30. Memorandum examined, and the deed produced, in the name of […] Sarapias daughter of Apollonios, in year 15 likewise. […] Memorandum examined, in her name, and the handwritten contracts deposited with it, published through the record office here, of which 1 is a security […] another, by which property was ceded by P[…], as it contains, in year 6 of our lord Emperor Aurelian […] year 1 of our lord Tacitus Augustus […] of Isidora daughter of Septimius Eudaimon, as it contains […] Memorandum examined, in the name of […] and the single deed deposited with it, published through the record office here, as it contains, in year […] […] Memorandum examined, in his name, and the single deed deposited with it, published through the record office here, as it contains, in year […]. Memorandum examined, in the name of […] and copies of 4 other securities made […] as they contain, in year 5 of Probus Augustus […] Memorandum examined, in his name, and the single deed deposited with it, published through the record office here, as it contains, in year […] […]

The line ends are lost, so many names and dates are restored or missing. The bibliotheke enkteseon was the public archive where property ownership and related documents were registered.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Abstracts of Contracts). 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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Abstracts of Contracts

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · JE47501 · After A.D. 280 · Oxyrhynchus

A series of extracts from the records of bibliotheke demosion logon at Oxyrhynchus, containing brief abstracts of documents concerning the property of a family. The ends of lines are lost, and fairly certain restorations in specific lines combine to suggest that about 25 letters …

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p.oxy.14.1649

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Oxyrhynchos

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