One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 30694

Letter to brothers about an inheritance and a confirmation of possession TM 30694Provenance unknown (Province of Egypt)III - IV A.D.

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Private letter from a man to his brothers about an inheritance, asking them to report all news and to send the document confirming possession of the estate (diakatoche) with their signatures so he can sign and submit it, and to watch what their opponents plan to do through petitions. Written in the late 3rd or early 4th century AD; provenance unknown.

In English machine translation

[…] to his brothers, greetings. […] I learned everything on […] Pachon 29 from Triadelphos and […] that (?) much about the […] through public […] having happened among you, or […] being distressed (?) here I distrust; I thought, having received letters from you the elder, as concerning […] parental affection […] quickly make everything clear to me and send the so-called diakatoche (confirmation of possession) with your signature, so that I too, having signed it, may submit it; and here I am constantly attending to the marriage matter (?) from then on, lest they perhaps wish to do something by means of petitions; and you too inquire what they want or what they have chosen to do, and write to me, and let them be aware that I am here on account of other business and do not associate with anyone, so that I may be free of worry. […] I urge you […] my […] for I […] injustice (?) […] of all, so that […] or having done […] I think […] and whatever we […] from everywhere and […] of Harpokration […] you […] addition (?) […] here I may buy […]. For this is useful to us; not yet […] I did […] of my lord […]. […] I pray for your health. […] 9 (?) […] has the addition (?) […] the diakatoche.

Diakatoche is a legal term for the confirmation of an heir's possession of an estate. The phrase rendered 'marriage matter' (gamikon) is obscure in context.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre concernant un héritage). 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 · Ende III - Anfang IV

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