Application for the appointment of a guardian for a transaction TM 31636OxyrhynchitesIII

Fragment of an application from the Oxyrhynchite nome in which a woman asks that a guardian (kyrios) be registered for her to act and write on her behalf for a particular transaction, noting that she has paid the required fee. The surviving text mentions a penalty clause of 2,000 drachmas with an equal sum to the treasury and a mother named Tyche.

In English machine translation

Such requests sought a guardian appointed for a single act (tutor ad actum), since women needed a kyrios to conclude legal transactions. The restored imperial name 'Antoninus Pius' may refer to a later emperor styled Antoninus, given the 3rd-century date and the post-consular date on the verso.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Appointment of a Guardian (tutor ad actum)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.