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Agreement of Herakleia, heir of Cornelius Rufus, with copy of will and receipt TM 9255Arsinoitesca. 140

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Fragmentary agreement by Herakleia, heir of Cornelius Rufus, undertaking to share with the deceased's children according to his will and to abide by its instructions, written for her by her guardian Lucius Marius Longus because she was illiterate. It is witnessed by seven Roman soldiers, and the docket says it included a copy of the will and a receipt. From the Arsinoite nome, about AD 140.

In English machine translation

[recto] [… lines lost …] […] from […] […] […] […] […] […] the aforementioned […] […] […] on mortgage […] 400 drachmas, Herakleia […] the aforementioned children of the deceased […] and […] [that] I shall on each occasion become a sharer with them in accordance with the will, and that I abide by all the aforementioned instructions as set out above. I, Lucius Marius Longus, was registered as guardian of the aforementioned Herakleia and wrote on her behalf because she does not know letters. Witnesses: Marcus Turranius Fronto, standard-bearer of the century of Rufus. Lucius Petronius Valerianus, [standard-bearer of the century of] Julius Serenus. Gaius Julius Arrianus, standard-bearer of the same century. Lucius Antonius Saturnilus, cavalryman, vexillarius, of the century of Victor. Gaius Lucius Gemellus, optio of the century of Valerianus. Publius Terentius […], cavalryman of the same century. Sextus Arrius Pompeianus, cavalryman of the century of Proculus. [verso] Agreement of Herakleia, heir of Cornelius Rufus, and within it a copy (exemplum) of the will and receipt for the Falcidian portion (?) and for the legacy.

The docket's 'phokariou' is generally taken as a garbled form of the Latin Falcidia, the quarter of an estate reserved to the heir; the witnesses are legionary or auxiliary soldiers, suggesting the deceased was a soldier.

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.2.600

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · ca. 140 · Arsinoites

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