Marriage Contract

(P.Mich. inv. 508 + 2217, recto: scriptura exterior);;[- - -] Nomissianus [in accordance with the Julian law], which has enacted concerning marriage arrangements, has given his maiden daughter [Zenarion] in marriage for the sake [of begetting children] and M. Petronius Servillius [has taken her as his wife]; and to him [he has promised and has given (by way) of dowry everything that is written below for] the same, above-mentioned (daughter): of land inherited from his father near the village of Philadelphia, [two and one-half] and one-quarter iugera of catoecic land in the place Cor[- - -, and in] the same village, [three and a half (iugera)] of sandy land inherited from his father, [for the half . . . ] used as vine land; and in gold objects a very long earring [(of the weight) of two and one-half quarters and some necklaces (of the weight) of one and one-half quarters, total 4 quarters, and one pair of [silver] . . . 7 staters in weight, and in clothing by valuation a tunic and a light mantle and a Scyrian cloak for the value of 430 Augustan drachmai, and a Heratianon, and a striped garment(?), and a bronze Venus and a bronze flask (of the value) of 48 Augustan drachmai, and a mirror and a chest . . . and two oil flasks and another flask in weight 7(?) 1/4 minae, and a small wooden box, an easy chair, a perfume box, a basket, and the paternal slave Heraida, and as additional gifts, a tunic and old light mantle. Likewise M. Petronius Servillius also said that he himself had contributed as dowry gifts of his own two paternal iugera of grain land located near the village [of Philadelphia] in the place [- - -];;(P.Ryl. IV, 612: scriptura interior);;[- - - Nomissianus] in accordance with the Julian law, [which has enacted concerning marriage arrangements, has given his] maiden [daughter] Zenarion in marriage for the sake of begetting [children and M. Petronius Servillius has taken her as his wife]; and to him he has promised and has given (by way) of dowry everything [that is written below for the same, above-mentioned (daughter)]: of land inherited from his father [near the village of Philadelphia], two and one-half and one-half <;read: one-quarter>; iugera [of catoecic land in the place Cor- - -, and in the same village], three and a half (iugera) [of sandy land inherited from his father], for the half [. . . used as vine land; and in gold objects a very long earring] (of the weight) of two and one-half quarters and some necklaces [(of the weight) of one and one-half quarters, total 4 quarters, and one pair of silver . . . ]7 staters in weight, and in clothing by valuation [a tunic and a light mantle and a Scyrian cloak for the value of 430 Augustan drachmai], and as additional gifts, a tunic and an [old] light mantle, [and a Heratianon, and a striped garment(?), and a bronze Venus] and a bronze flask (of the value) of 48 drachmai, [and a mirror and a chest . . . and two oil flasks and another flask] in weight 7 1/4 minae, [and a small wooden box, an easy chair, a perfume box, a basket, and] the paternal [slave] Heraida. [Likewise M. Petronius Servillius also said that he himself had contributed as dowry gifts of his own two paternal iugera of grain land located] near the village of Philadelphia [in the place - - -];;(P.Mich. inv. 508 + 2217, verso);;(2nd hand) [- - -];(3rd hand, in Greek) I, Marcus [- - -] . . ., have sealed.;(4th hand, in Greek) I, Marcus Varius(?) [- - -], have sealed.;(5th hand, in Greek) I, Titus Flavius Iulianus, have sealed.;(6th hand, in Greek) I, Lucius Valerius Lucretanas, have sealed.;(7th hand, in Greek) I, Publius M[- - -] [- -]thinos, have sealed.;(8th hand, in Latin) [I, - - -], have sealed.