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INVENTORY OF THE PROPERTY OF A DECEASED HUSBAND

Account of effects left by Paul, my late husband and father of my daughter Paulina, not yet of age, which have been delivered to Pasigenes the brother of my husband through Souchammon the arbitrator (?). They are:

• a lamp-stand, perfect, with an Eros and a lamp, valued at [.]6 drachmas;
• a copper dish;
• a frying-pan;
• a . .;
• and in clothing a tunic new from the fuller, with a Laconian stripe, worth a stater;
• a shawl, likewise white and with a Laconian stripe, worth 2 drachmas;
• another tunic, half worn;
• a new linen shirt with two stripes;
• a new linen kerchief;
• white linen cloths 12 in number, worth, at 8 drachmas each, 96 drachmas;
• a chisel for planing;
• a ploughshare, likewise perfect;
• a wooden bedstead, perfect;
• and property held in common with his brothers:
   
  • a leaden cauldron, perfect, for boiling linen;  
  • a basin, perfect ;  
  • a small cauldron ;  
  • a small jar;
• and the slaves of my daughter's father, whom he holds as common property, 5 in number: Nicois, another named Cophe, and the children of the latter, Laconis, Belles, Sarapias;
• and also the arourai held by him, which are many.

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