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Petition of Tapetheus of Karanis to the prefect about a debt and property TM 9370Arsinoites, Ägypten176 - 179

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Fragmentary petition from Tapetheus daughter of Ptolemaios, of Karanis in the Arsinoite nome, to the prefect of Egypt Titus Pactumeius Magnus, complaining of serious wrongs. The surviving phrases concern a debt to a creditor named Sisois going back to year 15 of Antoninus Pius, a share of a house and courtyard, and an inheritance involving her sister.

In English machine translation

To Titus Pactumeius Magnus, prefect of Egypt, from Tapetheus daughter of Ptolemaios son of Zenas, from the village of Karanis in the division of Herakleides of the Arsinoite nome. Of whose madness (?) to all […] and having been greatly wronged […] from the 15th year of the god Aelius Antoninus […] on condition that if he is not able (?) […] share of a house and courtyard and […] that I should repay to Sisois, creditor, […] one hundred, having paid the […] heir (?) to my sister […] of Antoninus Caesar the lord […] […]

Year 15 of Antoninus Pius, called 'the god' since he was dead, corresponds to AD 151/152. The village name Karanis and the grandfather's name Zenas are editorial restorations.

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.3.823

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 176 - 179 · Arsinoites, Ägypten

Τίτῳ Πακτωμηΐῳ Μάγνῳ ἐπάρχῳ Αἰγύπτου παρὰ Ταπεθέως Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Ζηνᾶ ἀπὸ κώμης Καρανίδος τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ. ἧς πᾶσιν ἀπονοίας[…] […] καὶ πολλὰ ἀδικηθεῖσα[…] […]ἀπὸ τοῦ ιε ἔτους θεοῦ Αἰλίου Ἀντωνίνου[…] […]ἐπὶ τῷ ἐὰν μὴ εὐτονήσῃ α[…] […]ν μέρος οἰκίας …