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Formal acceptance (cretio) of her mother's inheritance by an under-age heiress TM 9922Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)29. Sept. 170

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A Roman legal declaration (cretio) in which the under-age Valeria Serapias of Antinoopolis, acting through her brother and guardian Lucius Valerius Lucretianus, formally accepts the inheritance of her mother Flavia Valeria under her will. It was drawn up at the metropolis of the Arsinoite nome on 29 September 170, with a Latin main text and a Greek subscription.

In English machine translation

[Inner text] Valeria Serapias, of Antinoopolis, a maiden, through her guardian Lucius Valerius Lucretianus Matidius also called Plutinius, of the Antinoites, her brother, declared that she had entered upon and formally accepted (cretio) the inheritance of Flavia Valeria her mother and that she is heir according to the tablets of her will. Done in Egypt, in the Arsinoite nome, at the Metropolis, on the 3rd day before the Kalends of October, in the consulship of Marcus Cornelius Cethegus and Sextus Servilius Clarus. [Outer text] […] I, Valeria Serapias, have entered upon the inheritance of my mother, in accordance with her will. I, Lucius Valerius Lucretianus, being her guardian, wrote on her behalf, as she is under age.

Cretio was the formal Roman-law act of accepting an inheritance, often within a deadline set by the will. The Latin calls the brother procurator, while the Greek calls him epitropos (guardian), since she is a minor.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Cretio hereditatis einer Unmündigen). 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 · 29. Sept. 170 · Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)

[int] Valeria Serapias Antinois virgo per procuratorem Lucium Valerium Lucretianum Matidium qui et Plutinium, Antinoensium fratrem eius, testata est, se hereditatem Flaviae Valeriae matris eius adiisse crevisseque seque heredem esse secundum tabulas testamenti eius. actum Aegypto…