Fragments of a will from Aphrodito, setting out bequests to three heirs, provisions about brothers, a holding called Psineios, deliveries of dates, a 'holy newly founded mountain' (monastery), and offerings for the testator's soul. It ends with witness subscriptions and the notary's signature of Abraamios son of Apollos.
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of them […]
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But if anyone from […]
to support him […]
nor to seek him […]
of their death, being […]
[…] my heirs […]
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of the brothers until […]
by the codicil (?) […]
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on condition that of the females […]
of the property of the holding of Psineios […]
dates, 2 artabas […]
from my three heirs […]
[…] the third of it of the […]
of my brothers […]
of the one who acts unreasonably […]
and to administer and […]
in the rank of a minor (?) […]
to supply the […]
of the brothers being able […] children
or grandchildren or of any kind whatever […] movable and immovable
and self-moving […]
and to alter this from […] my heirs
or successors or possessors […]
my three heirs […]
brothers from their own […]
or […] for herself a codicil […] children
or grandchildren or receiving […]
to profit from the attempt […]
or to receive on my behalf […]
for this […]
to carry out without hesitation the […]
of the holy mountain at all times […]
and the one coming after him […]
to expel the […]
for all time […]
of the cultivation of the farm […]
I, the aforementioned, have made this testament on all the
terms written in it and […]
from my heirs […]
in the northern property of the holding […]
to the holy newly founded mountain […]
of the […] that has taken place […]
no one being able […]
or to bring suit against one another […]
of the things given to them by […]
against one another […]
against one another […]
matters […]
of Rebekka, nun […]
on condition that my heirs […]
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offering and love-feast […]
[…] from me as […]
heirs […]
without neglect of the holy […]
my estate […]
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from Phoibammon […]
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it is satisfactory to me and […] †
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[☧ Written by me, Abraamios son of Apollos.]
The 'holy mountain' denotes a monastery; 'offering and love-feast' (prosphora and agape) refers to commemorative payments for the deceased. Abraamios son of Apollos is a known 6th-century Aphrodito notary.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Testament). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.