Fragments of a document involving Nikarion and Nemesous with their guardians TM 9843Arsinoites138 - 161

Two small fragments of a document from the Arsinoite nome in the reign of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161). Women named Nikarion and Nemesous appear, each acting with a male guardian, Nemesous with her son Souchammon. This suggests a contract or similar legal document.

In English machine translation

Women in Roman Egypt needed a male guardian (kyrios) to carry out legal transactions, which is why each woman appears with one. The exact type of document cannot be determined from the surviving text.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as cpr.1.206_2). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.