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Fragmentary petition from the 4th century AD in which a woman tells an official that her father left property, including a house in Alexandria with bread-dole rights and four plots of land in the city of the Phrabonitai, to her and her brother Gennadios. She complains that her uncle Maximus refuses to hand anything over and keeps her brother with him, and she asks for the official's help.
The 'bread' (artoi) refers to the right to receive the public bread distribution in Alexandria, which could be inherited with a house. The word read as enéon may mean 'mute' or 'speechless', describing Gennadios.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Petition to an unknown official concerning an inheritance: a woman complains that her uncle Maximus is unwilling to surrender her father's possessions (including a house in Alexandria,with the right to receive bread distributed at the emperor's expenses) to his legitimate heirs (…
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