p.mil.2.39
παρὰ Διονυσίας Ἀμμωνίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου μητρὸς Σινθώνιος, ἀπὸ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως· βουλομένη περὶ τῶν ἐμῶν διαθήκην θέσθαι, αἰτοῦμαι διὰ σοῦ, πρὸς μόνην ταύτην οἰκονομίαν, ἐπιγραφησόμενον κύριόν μου
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 28770
Request by Dionysia for appointment of a guardian to make her will TM 28770unbekanntII
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Application by Dionysia, a woman of Oxyrhynchus, asking an official to appoint a guardian (kyrios) to act for her solely for the purpose of drawing up her will. The text breaks off before the guardian's name.
In English machine translation
From Dionysia daughter of Ammonios son of Ptolemaios, her mother being Sinthonis, from the city of Oxyrhynchus.
Wishing to make a will concerning my property, I request through you, for this transaction alone, [...] to be registered as my guardian (kyrios) [...]
A kyrios was the male guardian a woman needed to conduct legal transactions; here he is requested for this one act only. The addressee's name and the guardian's name 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 Richiesta di tutore). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.