Petition of Theon for division of a plot and buildings held with his brother TM 3342Pharbaithos (Arsinoites)13. Jan. 218 v.Chr.

A petition to King Ptolemy IV from Theon son of Philippos, a Macedonian of the epigone living at Pharbaithos in the Arsinoite nome, about property he held in common with his brother. He asks the king to have the strategos Diophanes instruct the epistates Philotas to divide the plot and its buildings and have the parties draw up a contract with one another; it is dated 13 January 218 BC.

In English machine translation

"Of the epigone" designates descendants of military settlers who were not themselves holders of allotments. The text is double-dated by the Macedonian month Daisios and the Egyptian month Hathyr.

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