[Year
eight of . . . Claudius] Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator,
the 3rd of the month Dystros, Tybi 3, in Ptolemais [Euergetis of the
Arsinoite nome]. Tithoues the elder, son of Petaus, about forty-three(?)
years old, with a scar on his right shin, [acknowledges to have divided
after his death] to his own children, Petaus, Thaesis and Tamystha,
all three born to him [of his wife Tapetsiris, daughter of] Pnepheros,
[with whom he lives together (according to the laws)], and to Tapetsiris
herself : to his male son Petaus, the [paternal] catoecic allotment
of one and a half aroura out of three arourai which the acknowledging
party owns jointly and undivided [with his brother, Tithoues, in one]
parcel without a village impost(?), which belongs [to the acknowledging
party, Tithoues, in the village of Karanis(?)] ; and to the same
son Petaus also [the half share of his paternal] house which belongs
to him, [the acknowledging party, jointly and undivided] and the half
[share] which belongs to the same acknowledging party, in Karanis, of
maternal building plots, [which the acknowledging party owns jointly
and undivided with] his brother, Tithoes ; and to the same son
Petaus also of the [animals] that belong [to the acknowledging party,
Tithoues, a female donkey] and the accompanying female foal ; and
to the same son Petaus and to his [daughters (Thaesis and Tamystha)
in common and equally, to each a] third part, the [miscellaneous] sheep
of the flock [with a total number of - - - and the] accompanying
lambs and kids which belong to the acknowledging party ; the aforementioned
wife of the acknowledging party (Tapetsiris) [will be entitled to have
the right of occupation of the aforementioned house and] whatever he
will leave in the way of utensils and furniture and sums due to him
in any [way whatsoever and the revenues] of the parcels of catoecic
land which the acknowledging party cultivates from the present [8th
year on. In exchange for the resulting] revenues, his wife Tapetsiris
will settle [all kinds of debt which] the acknowedging party has [in
whatever way, having(?)] the usufruct of them. The products and the
revenues of the goods divided to the [children will go to Tapetsiris
after having been collected by(?)] Petaus, which goods Tapetsiris will
hand over after a period of five years, free from [all] public charges
[and every expense - - -] [[disposing of nothing of the goods
divided to the children]] [and I appoint her and Aphrodisios as legal(?)]
and independant (guardians), and she shall, however, alienate simply
nothing on the basis of a disposal [of the goods divided to the children
without(?)] the consent [of the heirs(?)]. Tapetsiris, daughter of Pnepheros,
about 41 years old, with a scar on her right forearm, with as guardian
her brother [- - - about . . . years old, with a
scar on his] right [. . .], and Aphrodisios, about 55(?) years
old, with a scar on his right shin. ; [Year 8 of . . .
Claudius Caesar Augustus] Germanicus Imperator, Tybi 3. Registered through
the record-office in Ptolemais Euergetis |
► Bibliography
Römer & Gagos, Michigan Texts Published in Honor
of Ludwig Koenen, Amsterdam, 1996, n. 785 a ;
Sandberg, Magistrates and assemblies : A study of legislative
practice in republican Rome, Roma, 2001, p. 239 ; Setälä et al.,
Women, wealth and power in the Roman empire, Roma, 2002,
p. 219 ; Anagnostou-Canas,
XIVth Symposium of the Society for Greek and Hellenistic Legal
History (Rauischholzhausen, 2003), Wien, 2006, pp. 323-340.
► Source : Papyrus from Ptolemais Euergetis.
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