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Widow's receipt for funeral costs and settlement of her late husband's debts TM 25909Oxyrhynchos2. Hälfte I

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A fragmentary receipt from Oxyrhynchus in which a widow, Tan…is, acting with her guardian and with her late husband's brother Ptolemaios on behalf of her minor children, acknowledges payment through a bank at the Sarapeion. It concerns money spent on her husband Asklepiades' funeral, the settlement of his debts, the redemption of a pledged gold ornament, and the proceeds from selling his belongings.

In English machine translation

[…] […] … Asklepiad[…] with her guardian, her brother […] son of Sarapion, and the brother of her late husband who has died, the father of the minors indicated, Asklepiades, Ptolemaios son of Asklepiades, both of the same city, to […] son of Harpokration, greeting. We acknowledge, I Tan…is, that I have received from you, with the aforementioned Ptolemaios assisting, through the bank of Ammonios son of Ammonios at the Sarapeion in the city of the Oxyrhynchites, […] […] the sums spent by me through the aforementioned Ptolemaios for the funeral and laying out of the body of your (?) husband Asklepiades and for the settlement of what Asklepiades owed, for repayment of a loan made by hand, and for the redemption of a small gold ornament weighing 8 quarters, which is also in my possession, in total 572 silver drachmas; the remainder (?) […] of the gold items, utensils and other remaining effects left by my husband Asklepiades, sold by me with Ptolemaios assisting, 2,060 (?) drachmas […] […] … […] of Asklepiades […] […]

The text shifts between first and second person ("your husband"), apparently a scribal inconsistency. The final drachma total is incomplete because of a break.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Settlement of a Loan etc. after Husband’s Death). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 2. Hälfte I · Oxyrhynchos

[… ? lines lost …] […]… Ἀσκληπιαδ[…]μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ τῆς αὐτῆς ἀδελφοῦ[…] Σαραπίωνος καὶ ὁ τοῦ γενομένου καὶ μετηλλαχότος αὐτῆς μὲν ἀνδρός, τῶν δὲ ἀφηλίκων σημαινομένων πατρὸς Ἀσκληπιάδου ἀδελφὸς Πτολεμαῖος τοῦ Ἀσκληπιάδου τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως […]Ἁρποχρατίωνος χαίρειν. ὁμολογο…