Copy of a deed of division in which Enchora daughter of Petesouchos, with her husband Chairemonianos as guardian, distributes property, including a two-storey house and courtyard, among her daughters, two of them named Tesenouphis. In return the daughters are to provide her with maintenance and clothing allowances for life. It was drawn up in the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome under Claudius.
In English machine translation
Copy of a division.
Year […] of Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, on the 3rd of the month Daisios, likewise Pharmouthi, at […] of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. […]es (?) daughter of Petesouchos, aged about 50, with a scar […] right […], acknowledges, with her husband Chairemonianos son of […] as guardian, aged about 65, with a scar on the middle of the forehead, that she has divided from the present day among her own daughters Tesenouphis the elder and Tesenouphis the younger and Thas[…], so that the elder Tesenouphis and the younger Tesenouphis shall have […] the two-storey house belonging to me and the courtyard at […] of the same division, on condition that they give her […] for maintenance and for […] and for clothing […] drachmas of silver, for as long as the acknowledging party lives, or […] that the choice of all her property […] and that they have the right to sell, mortgage and manage it in whatever way they choose, which […] concerning Enchora the acknowledging party […] and that no one may wilfully set aside anything that this woman appears to have granted. The writer for her is […] with a scar under the left cheek. The contract is valid.
I, Enchora daughter of Petesouchos, acknowledge that I have divided […]
[…] to Tesenouphis the younger also only the two-storey house belonging to me and the courtyard, whose neighbours are: to the south […], royal street; to the east […]
[…]omis (?), aged 58 […]
[…] with the guardian Chairemonianos […]
[… 3 lines lost …]
A 'division' (diairesis) is a deed by which a parent distributes property to heirs during her lifetime, here in exchange for support in old age. The text names Claudius, so the date likely falls in AD 41-54, though the records give 41-68.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Auseinandersetzungsurkunde). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.