Deed of gift of a quarter share in a gravedigger's practice at Kysis TM 22625Kysis (Oasis Magna)22. Dez. 247

Aurelius Petosiris son of Petosiris, gravedigger, from the city of the Ibis (?), to Aurelius Petechon son of Tmarsis, from the village of Kysis, greetings. I acknowledge that I give you as a gift, by an irrevocable and unrevokable gift, on account of the goodwill which you have shown towards me, from the gravedigger's funerary practice belonging to me in Kysis together with the villages of Kysis, a fourth part, from now for all time, and it shall not be permitted to me or to anyone of mine to proceed against you concerning this gift, because I have so decided. This deed of gift, written in a single copy, shall be valid and secure as if deposited in a public archive, and in answer to the formal question I gave my assent. Year 5 of the Emperors and Caesars Marcus Julius Philippus, Pii Felices Augusti, Choiak 25. I, Aurelius Claudius Psenamounis, read it over. I, Aurelius Petosiris, the aforementioned, made the gift as stated above, and in answer to the formal question I gave my assent. I, Aurelius Philinos also called Theognostos, wrote on his behalf at his request. I, Aurelius Philosarapis son of Apollonios, am witness. I, Aurelius Ammonios son of Psais, am witness.