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Declaration of inherited house property by two priests of Soknopaiou Nesos TM 9607Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)83

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Declaration to the keepers of the property records of the Arsinoite nome by two priests of Soknopaiou Nesos, Tesenouphis and Stotoetis, registering for the first time house property inherited from their mother, who had herself inherited it from her father; both died intestate. It refers to a division agreement between the mother and her brothers and dates to AD 83.

In English machine translation

To Apollonios and Niko[…], keepers of the property records of the Arsinoite nome, from Tesenouphis and Stotoetis, both sons of Tesenouphis son of Onnophris, priests from Soknopaiou Nesos. We register for the first time the property that has come to us after the death of our mother Thenap[…], daughter of Tesenouphis son of Tesenouphis, from the same village, registered through you as having died intestate, property which had come to her after the death of her aforementioned father Tesenouphis son of Tesenouphis son of Stotoetis, priest from the same village, registered through Ammonios and Sarapion as likewise having died intestate, in accordance with the contract of division which we submitted, made by our aforementioned mother Thenap[…] with her brothers Apynchis and Tesenouphis […] and the […] son […] Tesenouphis son of Tesenouphis, of which we have submitted a copy to you […] house […] […] […]

The bibliophylakes enkteseon kept the archive of property ownership in each nome, where owners registered acquisitions. The end of the text, describing the property, is lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Deklaration von ererbtem Hausbesitz). 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 · 83 · Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)

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