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Will naming the testator's son Ptollas as heir TM 28150ArsinoitesII

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Fragment of a will drawn up as an acknowledgement (homologia) in the Arsinoite nome in the 2nd century AD, in the reign of Antoninus Pius. The testator names his son Ptollas as heir, makes provision for a daughter, and mentions sacred land in the Hermonthite nome along with household goods. The surviving descriptions of witnesses and the reference to a seal engraved with Sarapis belong to the witnessing section.

In English machine translation

[…] of the Arsinoite nome, […] division. [So-and-so] acknowledges […] […] as heir his own [son] […] […] to the daughter of the acknowledging party […] […] of the property belonging to the acknowledging party himself […] […] the aforementioned [… ] sacred land, in the Hermonthite [nome] […] […] of the son and heir […] and utensils and furniture and […] […] to manage them […] [in whatever way] he chooses, since willingly […] […] left […], and Kephalas [the younger], son of […]nos son of Ptolemaios, aged about […] […] Kephalas the elder […] aged about 30 […] […] my son Ptollas […] […] my son Ptollas […] to my daughter […] […] Ptollas, both of them, Pasion […] […] and all the rest and […] […] with a seal with the engraved device of Sarapis […] […] Kephalas the elder, son of Ptol[…] […] […] Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus [Antoninus] […]

The imperial name in the last line points to the reign of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161). The 'scar on the left' phrase, partly preserved, is part of the physical descriptions of the witnesses.

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.

bgu.2.483

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

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