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HGV: P.Oxy. 2 281 [source] [xml]

Title Complaint against a Husband
Publications P.Oxy. 2 281
More in series P.Oxy.More in series P.Oxy., vol. 2
M.Chr. 66
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries ; XII 135; XIII 147
Translations Winter, Life and Letters (1933), S. 126; Grubbs, Women and the Law (2002), S. 212
Origin Oxyrhynchos
More from Oxyrhynchos
Material Papyrus
Date 20 - 50
More from the period between 20 CE and 50 CE
Subjects Eingabe; Syra an den Archidikastes Herakleides; der Ehemann hat sie verlassen; Rückgewinnung ihrer Mitgift
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 20552 [source]

Publications P. Oxy. 2 281 (Grenfell, Bernard P. / Hunt, Arthur S.; 1899) = Chrest. Mitt. 66 (Mitteis, Ludwig / ; 1912)
Inv. no. Egham, Royal Holloway College P. Oxy. 281
Date AD 20 - 50
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)[found & written]
People mentioned people

DDbDP transcription: p.oxy.2.281 [xml]

AD 20-50 Oxyrhynchus
[Reprinted from: chr.mitt.66] MChr66

Ἡρακλείδηι ἱερεῖ καὶ ἀρχιδι-
καστῆι καὶ πρὸς τῇ ἐπιμε-
λείᾳ τῶν χρηματιστῶν καὶ τῶ\ν/
ἄλλων κριτηρίων
5παρὰ Σύρας τῆς Θέωνος.
συνεβίωσα Σαραπίωνι φερνὴν το\ύ/-
τῳ δοῦσα κατὰ συνχώρησιν εἰς
λόγον ἀργυρίου δραχμῶν διακο\σί/-
ων . ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ἐπιδεξαμέ-
10νη αὐτὸν εἰς τὰ τῶν γονέων
μου οἰκητήρια λειτὸν(*) παν-
τελῶς ὄντα ἀνέγκλητον
ἐματὴν(*) ἐν ἁπᾶσει(*) παρειχό-
μην. ὁ δὲ Σαραπίων κατα-
15χρη\σά/μενος τῆι φερνῇ εἰς ὃν
ἠβούλετο(*) λόγον οὐ διέλει-
πεν κακουχῶν με καὶ ὑβρί-
[ζ]ων καὶ τὰς χεῖρας ἐπι-
φέρων καὶ τῶν ἀναγκαί-
20ων ἐνδεῆ καθιστάς, ὕσ-
τερον δὲ ἐνκατέ-
λιπέ με λειτὴν(*) καθεσ-
τῶσαν. διὸ ἀξιῶ συντάξαι
καταστῆσαι αὐτὸν ἐπὶ σὲ
25ὅπως ἐπαναγκασθῇ συν-
εχόμενος ἀποδοῦναι ⟦μ⟧
μοι τὴν [φ]ερνὴν σὺν ἡμι-
ολίᾳ. τῶ[ν] μὲν γ̣ὰ̣ρ̣ ἄλ-
λων τῶν [ὄντων πρὸς αὐτὸν]
30ἀντέχομ[αι καὶ ἀνθέξομαι].

Apparatus


^ 11. l. λιτὸν
^ 13. l. ἐμαυτὴν
^ 13. l. ἁπᾶσι
^ 16. l. ἐβούλετο
^ 22. l. λιτὴν

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HGV 20552 Translation (English) [xml]

(Translation: from P.Oxy. 2) To Heraclides, priest, chief justice, superintendent of the chrematistae and the other courts, from Syra, daughter of Theon. I married Sarapion, bringing him by cession a dowry amounting to 200 drachmae of silver. As he was destitute of means I received him into my parents’ house, and I for my part conducted myself blamelessly in all respects. But Sarapion, having squandered my dowry as he pleased, continually ill-treated and insulted me, using violence towards me, and depriving me of the necessaries of life; finally he deserted me leaving me in a state of destitution. I therefore beg you to order him to be brought before you, in order that he may be compelled perforce to pay back my dowry increased by half its amount. This petition is without prejudice to any other claims which I have or may have against him.