A declaration to the keepers of the property records by Herais, daughter of Onesikrates, registering property she inherited from her two minor brothers Tyrannos and Aleros: shares of a 10-aroura catoecic plot near Persya and shares of houses in the Cilician quarter of the metropolis. It refers to a deed of renunciation by her father and a state claim on his property. Arsinoite nome, 2nd century AD.
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[…] of Herais daughter of Onesikrates son of Ptolemaios, citizen woman (astē), with her guardian (?) her husband […] of the deme Eirenophylakeios also called Maroneus.
I register the property that has come to me by inheritance from my full brothers, by the same father and the same mother, Tyrannos and Aleros, both minors, who died leaving me as sole heir, registered through the record-keepers before you, with a set time limit: from Tyrannos, a half share of a catoecic allotment of 10 arouras near the village of Persya in the division of Herakleides,
and in the metropolis in the quarter of the Cilicians
a half share held in common with me for the remaining half of a house, in which there is a courtyard; and from Aleros, a half share of a half share,
that is a quarter share, held in common and undivided, of a house and courtyard in the same quarter of the Cilicians, in accordance with the copy I submitted to you of the deed of renunciation
of my father Onesikrates, heir of my aforementioned brothers, executed through the record office here in the past year 12, Mecheir […] the state having the right of first execution […] the hold (katochē) on my father […]
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Herais is described as an astē, a citizen woman of a Greek city (here enrolled in an Antinoopolite-style deme name). The father's property was apparently under a state lien (katochē), which is why his renunciation of the inheritance matters.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.