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APIS Translation (English)

"The . . . year of Imperator Caesar Trajanus Hadrianus Augustus, 15th of the month Apellaios, Phaophi 15, in Tebtunis in the division of Polemon of the Arsinoite nome . . ., the elder, son of Didas son of Didymos, his mother being Dioskorous, daughter of Moschion, from the metropolis . . . fifty years old, with a scar on his upper lip on the left, acknowledges that he has agreed that after his death there shall belong to his two sons, Ammonios and Herakleides, born of his wife Kleopatra, daughter of Dionysios, to be shared by each of them equally, the one aroura of vineyard of the class paying one-sixth, that belongs to him near . . . formerly belonging to (?) . . . also called Areios, of the Archistratian tribe and the Althean deme, and also the half share of the house and courtyard that belongs to him and to his brother Moschion in common and undivided; and also whatever else he shall leave . . . or anything else, together with what shall come to him from any source whatsoever, as well as the household goods that shall be left by him . . . and the furnishings and what is owed to him in any way whatsoever.;Their aforesaid mother, Kleopatra, daughter of Dionysios . . . shall from the year in which he dies for as long as she lives and remains unmarried . . . to reside on the property and be served by the slaves that he shall leave . . . the said Kleopatra, she feeding and clothing their sad children . . . and the said children shall not have the power on the strength of this document to manage anything . . . of their mother, so that there shall remain to her the crop and the residence and the service . . . for funeral rites for his body let them pay two hundred silver drachmas . . . his body among the . . . at places near the Labyrinth, as it seems best to him. The aforesaid . . . if he invalidates . . . in every way, and this agreement shall be valid together with the conditions set forth in it. For as long as the acknowledging party shall live he shall have complete power to sell, to mortgage, to alter the will . . . to give up nothing to anyone else. The witnesses are Herakleides alias Gemmelus, son of Herakleides. . . with a scar on the right eyebrow; Didymos, son of Origenes, one of the ex-kosmetes, about forty-five years old . . . ; Satyros alias Horion, son of Labesis, about thirty years old, with a scar on his left eyebrow; Mosthes, son of Didymos, about thirty years old . . . ; Sabeinos, son of Apollonyos alias Isidoros; about fifty years old . . . ; Diodoros, son of Rufus, about thirty-eight years old, with a scar on his right foot. The six . . . ;(2nd hd.) I . . . have ceded after my death to my sons, Ammonios and Herakleides . . . , one aroura and the half share of the house and court and whatever I shall . . . or anything else, together with what shall come to me from any source whatsoever . . . and what is owed to me, and the crops; my my wife Kleopatra . . . and residing and being served, feeding and clothing . . . and she has agreed to all these conditions, as aforesaid, and I shall seal with the seal . . .;(3rd hd.) Herakleides alias Lourios, son of Herakleides, am a witness and shall affix my seal.;(4th hd.) I, Didymos, son of Origenes, one of the ex-kosmetes, am a witness and shall affix my seal.;(5th hd.) I, Satyros, also called Horion, son of Labesis, am a witness and shall affix my seal.;(6th hd.) I, Mysthes, son of Didymos, am a witness and shall affix my seal.;(7th hd.) I, Sabeinos, son of Apollonios, also called Isidoros, am a witness and shall affix my seal.;((8th hd.) I, Dioskoros, son of Rufus, am a witness and shall affix my seal."