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-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- [Πεταῦτι καὶ Θαήσει καὶ Ταμύσθᾳ τοῖς
τρισὶ γεγονόσι αὐτῶι] ἐξ ἦς συνέστι κατὰ νόμους γυναικ[ὸς] | [Ταπετσίρεως
τῆς Πνεφερῶτος καὶ αὐτῷ Ταπετσίρει, τῶι μὲν ἀρρένωι] υ̣ἱῶι Πεταῦτι
τὸν ὑπάρχοντα αὐ-|[τῶι τῶι
ὁμολογοῦντι Τιθουεῖ ἐν κώμῃ Καρανίδι τῆς Ἡρακλ(είδου) μερ(ίδος) πα]τρικὸν
κλῆρον κατοι<κι>κὸν ἀρούρης | [μιᾶς ἡμίσους ἀπὸ ἀρο(υρῶν) τριῶν
καὶ ἀδιαιρέτων πρὸς τὸν τοῦ] ὁμολογοῦντος ἀδελφὸν Τιθουῆν | [ἐν μιᾷ
σφραγῖδι χωρὶς ἐπιβολῆς κώμης ἢ ἄλλου ἁπλῶς εἴδους, τῶι δ᾽]
αὐτῶι υἱῶι Π[ετ]αῦτι καὶ τὸ̣ [ὑ]πάρχον | [αὐτῶι τῶι ὁμολογοῦντι Τιθουεῖ
ἥμισυ μέρος κοινὸν καὶ ἀδι]α̣ίρετον πα[τ]ρικῆς οἰκ[ί]ας καὶ τὸ | [ὑπάρχον
τῶι αὐτῶι ὁμολογοῦντι ἐν Καρανίδι μητρικῶν ἥμισυ] μέρος ψιλῶν τόπων
κοινῶν | [καὶ ἀδιαιρέτων πρὸς τὸν τοῦ ὁμολογοῦντος ἀδελφὸν Τιθουῆν,
τῶι δ᾽]
αὐτῶι υἱῶι Πεταῦτι καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν | [ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῶι τῶι ὁμολογοῦντι Τιθουεῖ
κτηνῶν ὄνον θήλε]ιαν καὶ τὴν ἐπακολουθοῦσαν πῶλον | [θήλειαν, τῶι δ᾽
αὐτῶι υἱῶι Πεταῦτι καὶ ταῖς θυγατράσι Θαήσει καὶ Τ]αμύσθᾳ κοινῶς ἐξ
ἴσου ἑκάστωι κατὰ | [τὸ τρίτον μέρος τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῶι τῶι ὁμολογοῦντι
ἀγε]λικὰ πρόβατα σύμμικτα ἀριθμ\ῷ/ | [ - ca. ? -
καὶ τοὺς ἐπακολουθοῦντας ἄρνας κ]αὶ <ἐ>ρίφους· τῇ δὲ προγεγραμμένῃ
τοῦ ὁμο-|[λογοῦντος γυναικὶ ἔχειν τὴν τῆς προγεγραμμένης οἰκίας] ἐ̣νο̣ί̣κ̣η(σιν)
καὶ <ἃ> ἐὰν καταλείπῃ σκευάρια καὶ | [ἐπίπλοα καὶ ἐνοφειλόμενα
αὐτῶι καθ᾽
ὃν δήποτε οὖν τρόπο]ν̣ ἐξέσται, ἡ αὐτὴ Ταπετσῖρις τῆς τε | [ - ca. ? -
ἐκ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ὀγδ]όου ἔτους· ἀντὶ τῶν ἐξακ<ο>λουθούντω(ν) |
[περιγενομένων ἡ γυνὴ Ταπετσῖρις ποιήσεται τὴν διόρθωσιν ὧ]ν ὀφείλει
ὁ ὁμολογῶν ὀφειλη-|[μάτων παντοίων - ca. ? -
τὴν τούτων καρπείαν. τὰ] γενήματα καὶ πρόσφορα τῶν μεμε-|[ρισμένων τοῖς
τέκνοις - ca. ? - ].. Πεταῦος ἃ καὶ παραδώσει
ἡ Ταπετσῖρι[ς | --
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[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 togetheraccording 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 or of other kind], which belongs to
him, [the acknowledging party, Tithoues, in the village of Karanis(?)
of the Herakleides division ; 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,
Tithoues ; 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 him, 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] ; the same Tapetsiris [- - - from the
present] eighth(?) year. 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 - - -] |
► Bibliography
Römer & Gagos, Michigan Texts Published in Honor
of Ludwig Koenen, Amsterdam, 1996, n. 785 b ;
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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