| TESTAMENTUM Will of Thaesis ( December 19, AD 123 ) |
P. Tebt. II, 381 ( Duke Data Bank of Documentary Papyri ). |
ἔτους
ὀγδόου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Χοίαχ κβ ἐν
| Τεβτύνει τῆς Πολέμωνος μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ. ὁμολογεῖ Θαῆσις
| Ὀρσενούφεως τοῦ Ὀννώφρεως μητρὸς Θενοβάστιος ἀπὸ τῆς προκιμένης κώμης
| Τεβτύνεως ὡς ἐτῶν ἑβδομήκοντα ὀκτὼι οὐλὴ πήχει δεξιῶι μετὰ κυρίου
τοῦ | ἑαυτῆς συνγενοῦς Κρονίωνος τοῦ Ἀμεῖτος ὡς ἐτῶν εἴκοσι ἑπτὰ οὐλὴ
μεσοφρύῳ̣ | συνκεχωρηκέναι τὴν ὁμολογοῦσαν Θαῆσιν μετὰ τὴν ἑαυτῆς τελευτὴν
| εἶναι τῇ γεγονυίῃ αὐτῆι ἐκ τοῦ γενα̣μένου καὶ μετηλλαχότος αὐτῆς ἀνδρὸς
| Πομσάιος θυγατρὶ Θενπετεσούχωι ἔτι δὲ καὶ τῶι τῆς τετελευτηκυίης αὐτῆς
| ἑτέρας θυγατρὸς Ταορσέως υἱῶι Σανσνεῦτι Τεφε̣ρσῶτος τοῖς δυσί , τῇ
[μὲν] | Θενπετεσούχωι μόνηι τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν αὐτῆι Θαήσι ἐν τῇ προκιμένῃ
[κ]ώμῃ | Τεβτύνει ἀγοραστὴν παρὰ Θενπετεσούχο̣υ τῆς Πετεσούχου οἰκίαν
καὶ | αὐλὴν καὶ τὰ συγκύροντα πάντα καὶ τὰ ὑπ᾽ αὐτῆς Θαήσιος ἀπολειφθεισό-|μενα
ἐπίπλοα καὶ σκεύηι καὶ ἐνδομενίαν καὶ ἱματισμὸν καὶ ἐνοφιλόμε-|ν<α>
αὐτῆι ἢ καὶ ἕτερα καθ᾽ ὃν δήποτε οὖν τρόπον, τ[ῷ] δ̣ὲ Σανσνεῦτι διατε[τα]-|χέναι
ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ὀκτὼ ἃς καὶ κομιε<ῖ>ται ὁ Σανσνεὺς παρὰ [τῆς]
| Θενπετεσούχου μετὰ τὴν τῆς Θαήσ[ι]ος τελευτήν, ἐφ᾽ ὧι ἡ θυγάτηρ Θενπετ̣[ε]-|σοῦχος
ποιήσεται τὴν τῆς μητρὸς κηδίαν καὶ περιστολὴν ὡς καθή-|κει καὶ διευλυτώσει
ὧν ἐὰν φανῆι ἡ Θαῆσις ὀφείλουσα ἰδιωτικῶν | χρεῶν· ἐφ᾽ ὃν δὲ χρόνον
περίεστιν ἡ μήτηρ Θαῆσις ἔχειν αὐτὴ[ν] | --
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| English translation ( Advanced Papyrological Information System ). |
The
eighth year of Imperator Caesar Trajanus Hadrianus Augustus, Choiak
22, at Tebtunis in the division of Polemon of the Arsinoite nome. Thaesis
daughter of Orsenouphis the son of Onnophris, her mother being Thenobastis,
of the aforesaid village of Tebtunis, aged about 78 years, having a
scar on the right forearm, acting with her guardian, her kinsman Kronion
son of Ameis, aged about 27, having a scar between his eyebrows, acknowledges
that she, the acknowledging party, Thaesis, has consented that after
her death there shall belong to Thenpetesouchos, her daughter by her
late departed husband Pomsais, and also to Sansneus son of Tephersos,
the son of her other daughter Taorseus, now dead, to the two of them,
property as follows : to Thenpetesouchos alone, the house, yard,
and all effects belonging to Thaesis in the said village of Tebtunis
by right of purchase from Thenpetesouchos daughter of Petesouchos, and
the furniture, utensils, household stock and apparel left by Thaesis,
and the sums due to her and other property of any kind whatsoever, while
to Sansneus she has bequeathed eight drachmas of silver, which Sansneus
shall receive from Thenpetesouchos after the death of Thaesis ;
on condition that the daughter Thenpetesouchos shall properly perform
the obsequies and laying out of her mother, and shall discharge such
private debts as Thaesis shall prove to owe, but as long as her mother
Thaesis lives she shall have power to Ö (Here the papyrus breaks off). |
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