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Appointment of a representative to register a deceased husband's estate in Alexandria TM 31728OxyrhynchosMitte III

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A widow, Aurelia Aristous of Oxyrhynchus, acting with a guardian, authorizes Aurelius Herakleides alias Lucius to go to Alexandria and register before the procurator of the estates the property of her late husband Achillion alias Apollonios, who died while serving as royal scribe of the Alexandrian territory, on behalf of herself and their son, still a minor under the Laetorian law. She also begins listing what the estate owes her, notably her dowry; the rest is lost.

In English machine translation

Aurelia Aristous, daughter of Aurelius Herodes son of Apion, former gymnasiarch, councillor of the city of the Oxyrhynchites, with as guardian, given to me according to the customs of the Romans, Marcus Aurelius Neikokles son of Zoilos, former gymnasiarch of the same city, to Aurelius Herakleides also called Lucius, son of Lucius, and however you are styled, greetings. Since the dreadful news has been announced to me of the death of my late husband Achillion also called Apollonios, son of Apollonios, while he was in the royal scribeship of the Alexandrian territory with which he had been entrusted, I acknowledge that I have appointed you by this my letter to go down to Alexandria and register, in my name, with his excellency the procurator of the estates (ousiakon), on behalf of both myself and the son and heir of my same husband, Aurelius Dionysios also called Apollonios, gymnasiarch of the same city, who is still within the Laetorian law, his entire property, which is of the assessment of a ducenarius. From this estate I declare that my husband owes to me, from the dowry brought to him on my marriage to him, in gold ornaments and clothing and other things, at a valuation of 2 talents and 3,000 drachmas of silver, […] at a valuation of […] 1,500 drachmas […] he borrowed (?) from my own […] 2 talents and […] drachmas […] of my property […] 3 talents and […] drachmas […] […]

The Laetorian law (lex Laetoria) protected persons under 25; the son, though already a gymnasiarch, was still below that age. An estate 'of ducenarian assessment' was worth at least 200,000 sesterces, the census of the equestrian ducenarii.

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 Representative). 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 · Mitte III · Oxyrhynchos

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