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Opening of a contract drawn up at Soknopaiou Nesos in the Arsinoite nome in the 17th year of an unnamed emperor, in the month Pachon. The parties include women acting with male guardians, among them a priestess, daughter of Tesenouphis, assisted by her full brother Horos, each described by age and identifying scars.
The emperor's name is lost, so the regnal year 17 cannot be fixed precisely. Women in Roman Egypt normally contracted through a male guardian (kyrios), as here.
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.
ἔτους ἑπτακαιδεκάτου Αὐτοκράτορος[…] Σεβαστοῦ μηνὸς Παχὼν λ […]ἐν τῇ Σοκνοπαίου Νήσῳ τῆςἩρακλείδου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ […] […]……………[…] ἄσημος μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ συνγενοῦς[…] ὡς ἐτῶν τεσσεράκοντα οὐλὴ γόνατι[…] …ς τοῦ Τεσενούφεως ἱέρεια ἀπὸ κώμης[…] Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος ὡς ἐτ…
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