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Minutes of court proceedings on an inheritance dispute TM 9059Arsinoites

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Fragmentary record of court proceedings from the Arsinoite nome, apparently concerning an inheritance dispute. It mentions a party son of Zoilos, decrees, a deceased man's brother and daughter's sons, an Egyptian mother, an advocate, a judge appointed by the prefect Maximus, and persons named Sendotes and Taatrenis.

In English machine translation

[column 1] […]kalles son of Zoilos against […]kalles […] said: […] […] your decision […] and of reading from […] as is appended below […] said: I give a receipt […] they made use of the decrees […] he received acquired property (?) from […] said: abide by […] read out. […] has the provision that […] to be investigated […] of the son, brothers […] an Egyptian mother […] Egyptians […] is foreign […] brother of the deceased […] to the daughter's sons […] surely by far […] […] mother and […] the advocate […] to you the objection (?) […] a copy is appended below […] of the judge appointed […] of […] Maximus the prefect […] against Sendotes […] son of Germanos and […] and Taatrenis […] of irregularity [column 2] […] (only the beginnings of 10 lines survive: mother […], receive […], nothing […], law (?) […])

The status of the mother as 'Egyptian' seems relevant to inheritance rights under Roman-era status rules. The prefect Maximus is probably Marcus Vettius Maximus or Gaius Vibius Maximus, but the date is not recorded.

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.

bgu.1.329

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Arsinoites

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