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Copy of the Latin will of Gaius Julius Diogenes TM 26514OxyrhynchosII
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Opening of a copy of a Roman will in Latin from Oxyrhynchus, 2nd century AD. Gaius Julius Diogenes names his three sons and Claudia Techosis, the mother of his children, as heirs in equal shares, disinherits all others, and requires the heirs to formally accept the inheritance.
In English machine translation
Gaius Julius Diogenes […] […] made (his) will.
Let Gaius Julius Romanus and Gaius Julius Diogenes and Gaius Julius Ptolemaeus, my sons, and Claudia Techosis, most […] woman, mother of my children, be my heirs to the whole of all my property in equal shares.
Let all others be disinherited. And let each of them formally accept my inheritance for his share as soon as he knows and is able to testify that he is my heir. […]
Whichever of them shall not have testified (to being) my heir or heirs, let them not be my heir or heirs. […]
[…] or shares shall be my heir or heirs […]
[…] shall be my heir or heirs […]
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The clause on formal acceptance (cretio) follows standard Roman will formulae; the epithet of Claudia Techosis is lost (probably 'most excellent' or similar). The following lines are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Copy of a Latin Will). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.oxy.52.3692
Caius Iulius Diogenes […] […] testamentum fecit. Caius Iulius Romanus et Caius Iulius Diogenes et Caius Iulius Ptolemaeus fili mei et Claudia Techosis […]issima femina mater liberorum meorum ex asse omnium bonorum meorum aequis partibus mihi heredes sunto. ceteri omnes exheredes …