A fragmentary agreement settling a property dispute, in which a man who had been a minor under a guardian, now of age, confirms a sale and cession of a third share of jointly held property near the village of Seryphis to Didymianos also called Philantinoos. He renounces any claim, consents to public registration, and refers to earlier petitions and prefectural proceedings. Oxyrhynchite nome, 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
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[…] to be restored […]
[…] and according to the second, as follows: Year 2, Epeiph […]
[…] after examination to obtain a decision concerning the disputes […] having therefore summoned those whom you accuse before the tribunal
[…] up to this point the subscriptions. And in the prefectural (records) […] in which you also, Didymianos also called Philantinoos […]
[…] while I was of the age requiring a guardian (curator) […] acting jointly with me as guardian, in the month of Thoth […]
[…] the third share of the property held in common with you
[…] my sister, near the village of Seryphis, of which the […] of sale and cession is declared. Having received
[…] the deed of cession declared through it […]
[…] having passed beyond the age requiring a guardian, I acknowledge that I make no claim and that I consent to the aforesaid sale and cession made to you […] of the same third share of the things declared through it
[…] named together, and that this shall be kept secure […] secure for all time, so that you may use
and manage and administer and do whatever you wish concerning the same third share of all the things […] through the
[…] without hindrance, I having no power […] the same conveyance […] but […]
[…] property
[…] books (?) […]
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[…] that I have been paid in full with the
[…] free of claims (?) […] documents […] you will register publicly through the
record office, without requiring any further consent or acceptance from me, because
I hereby consent to the public registration to be made by you. And concerning these things having been done rightly
and properly in this way, having been asked by you, I agreed. Year 3 of the Emperors
[…] slave (?) […]
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The curator's age (kouratoreuomene helikia) refers to the period under 25 when a Roman-law guardian had to co-sign. Many restorations follow standard formulas for cessions and public registration (demosiosis).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Transazione conseguente una disputa di proprietà). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.