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Petition about an elder son's double share of a grandfather's estate TM 3295Alexandru Nesos (Arsinoites)28. Jan. 222 v.Chr.

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A petition to King Ptolemy from a royal farmer of Alexandrou Nesos, complaining that his father's younger brothers forcibly drove him out of inherited property (a house and palm grove) of which two shares belonged to his father as the elder son. He asks that the strategos Diophanes have the matter investigated and his share restored; an official note orders reconciliation or referral.

In English machine translation

To King Ptolemy, greetings, […]is son of Horos, royal farmer, from Alexandrou Nesos. I am wronged by […] and […] and Sobchanopis, the brothers of this man, who are also the younger brothers of my father. […]os son of Horos, at his death, being of sound health (?), left a house and a palm grove and […], of which two parts belong to my father Horos, because he is the elder son of them […] of the property; but now I am being driven out by the aforementioned and […] son of Horos, who use force. I therefore beg you, O king, if it seems good to you, to order Diophanes the strategos to write […] to the epistates there to send them to Diophanes and, if these things are true, to compel them to give back to me the share belonging to my father, so that through you, O king, the common saviour of all, I may obtain justice. Farewell. […] Above all, reconcile them; otherwise send them to us so that we may examine the matter. Year 25, Loios 26, Choiak 13.

The elder son's claim to two parts reflects a privileged inheritance share for the eldest son. The note at the end is the strategos's standard instruction to attempt reconciliation before referral.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Part privilégiée dans la succession d’un grand - père). 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 · 28. Jan. 222 v.Chr. · Alexandru Nesos (Arsinoites)

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