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Release of claims by Horos son of Paous in favour of Petearsemtheus and his brothers TM 70Pathyris10. Dez. 103 v.Chr.

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An agoranomic contract from Pathyris in which Horos son of Paous, a 'Persian of the epigone', acknowledges a settlement with four brothers, sons of Panobchounis, over debts that he and his father had paid on behalf of the family matriarch Tareesis, and renounces all further claims against them. It was registered before the notary's deputy Hermias in 103 BC.

In English machine translation

[recto] Year 15, which is also year 12, Hathyr 24, at Pathyris, before Hermias, deputy of Paniskos, agoranomos. Horos son of Paous, Persian of the epigone, acknowledges that he has come to a settlement with Petearsemtheus and Petesouchos and Psennesis and Phagonis, the four sons of Panobchounis son of Tareesis, daughter of Patous, the mother of Paous, the aforementioned father of Horos; that he has received satisfaction and will make no claim concerning the debt from Egyptian and Greek contracts which Paous, father of Horos, and Horos himself paid on account of Tareesis his mother to the creditors Chairemon and Esthladas and Pnephis, wife and sister; and that neither Horos nor anyone else acting for him will proceed against Petearsemtheus and his brothers, nor against anyone else acting for them. Otherwise, the proceeding of the one who takes action shall be invalid, and the one who proceeds shall further pay forthwith a fine of 5 talents of bronze and to the kings as sacred dues 100 drachmas of coined silver, and none the less they shall be obliged to act according to what is written above. This with the approval of their mother Threris daughter of Paos, the aforementioned consenting. I, Hermias, deputy of Paniskos, have registered it. [verso] Release of Petearsemtheus and his brothers.

The double regnal year (15 = 12) reflects the joint reign of Cleopatra III and Ptolemy X. 'Persian of the epigone' was a legal status designation used in contracts, not an ethnic one.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · 10. Dez. 103 v.Chr. · Pathyris

[r] ἔτους ιε τοῦ καὶ ιβ Ἁθὺρ κδ ἐν Παθύρει ἐφʼ Ἑρμίου τοῦ παρὰ Πανίσκου ἀγορανόμου. ὁμολογεῖ Ὧρος Παοῦτος Πέρσης τῆς ἐπιγονῆς συνλελύσθαι Πετεαρσεμθεῖ καὶ Πετεσούχωι καὶ Ψεννήσει καὶ Φαγώνι, τοῖς δ τοῦ Πανοβχούνιος τοῦ Ταρεήσιος τῆς Πατοῦτος τῆς Παοῦτος μητρὸς τοῦ προγεγραμμένου …