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Proceedings concerning a murder, wills and confiscation of property TM 28219ArsinoitesII

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Fragmentary record of legal proceedings or official correspondence from the Arsinoite nome in the 2nd century AD. It concerns a murder case involving a certain Harpalos, a wife, keys, slaves, earlier wills and the possible confiscation of property to the treasury, with an inquiry by the iuridicus.

In English machine translation

[column 1] […] […] […] […] and […] the villages […] he had the keys […] he provided […] most […] and […] wrote and […] I made […] you […] […] this man […] having the keys […] the other things to […] Harpalos […] they killed […] the murder […] of the wife […] […] […] […] proof (?) […] […] […] […] […] […] [column 2] […] the letter which you wrote to me […] believe everything to be true […] […] is found less and not […] it is just to judge […] […] the charge […] […] against her nothing […] brought forward, that she of all […] […] earlier wills […] when the iuridicus inquired […] […]; since she therefore admitted […] […] concerning all […] […] be deposited in the treasury […] […] nor that […] prosecute (?) […] […] silver […] […] the partnership […] […] and him […] […] her […] […] them […] […] slave if […] […] you say […] of the minutes […] and royal […] […] lying upon […] keys of the […] […] of the slaves of the […] letter […] having ordered […] […] lying upon […] the […] has happened […] […] […] […] of the […] [… lines lost …]

The iuridicus (dikaiodotes) was a senior Roman judicial official in Alexandria. The treasury mentioned may refer to confiscation of the estate by the state.

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.

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

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