DDbDP transcription: p.oxy.6.905 [xml]
AD 170 Oxyrhynchus
[ἐξέδοτο Μηνόδωρο]ς̣ Ὥρου μητ(ρὸς) Τακαλλίππου ἀπὸ κώμης Ψώβθεως
[τὴν αὑτοῦ θυγατ]έραν(*) Θατρῆν μητρὸς Θατρῆτος Ἀπολλωνίῳ
[Ἡρακλέους μητρὸ]ς Ταυσοράπιος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης(*) πρὸς \γ/ά\μ/ου(*) κοι-
5[νωνίαν. ἡ δʼ ἔκδοτ]ος φέρει τῷ ἀνδρὶ \[εἰς φε]ρνην(*) λογου(*)/ [χ]ρυσοῦ μὲν κοινοῦ σταθμῷ
[Ὀξυρυγχιτικῷ](*) μναγαῖον(*) ἓν ⟦τεταρτον⟧ ἐν εἴδεσι συντιμηθὲν
[(δραχμῶν) -ca.?- ἐν δὲ(*) παρ]αφέρνοις ἱ(*)ματίων σουβροκομαφόρτια(*) δύο ,
[ἓν μὲν ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]νον τὸ δὲ ἕτερον λευκόν. ⟦ο̣νο̣υν⟧ συμβιούτωσαν
[οὖν ἀλλήλοις οἱ γ]αμοῦντες φυλάσσοντες τὰ τοῦ γάμου δίκαια,
10[καὶ ὁ γαμῶν ἐπι]χορηγείτω τῇ γαμουμένῃ τὰ δέοντα κατὰ δύνα-
μ̣ι̣ν̣ [τοῦ βίου. ἐ]ὰν̣ δ̣[ὲ ἀ]παλλαγὴ γένητ[α]ι τέκνων ὄντων ἢ καὶ
[μὴ γενομένων ἀποδότ]ω̣ ὁ γαμῶν τὰ παράφερνα πάντα
μὲν̣ ἅμ̣[α] τ[ῇ ἀπ]αλλαγῇ τὴν δ[ὲ] φερνὴν ἐν ἡμέραις ἐξή-
κοντα ἀ[φʼ ἧ]ς̣ ἐ̣[ὰν ἡ ἀ]παλλαγὴ γένηται, τῆς πράξεως ⟦αυ⟧ οὔσης(*)
15τῷ ἐκδ̣ιδόν[τ]ι Μηνοδώρου(*) παρὰ τοῦ γαμοῦντος καὶ ἐκ
τῶν ὑπαρχ[ό]ντων αὐτῷ πάντων. παρὼν δὲ ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ
γαμοῦντος \Ἡρ[α]κλῆς Μώρου μητ(ρὸς) Ἀπ[ολ]λωνίας ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης/ εὐδοκεῖ τῷ ⟦τ̣ε̣⟧ γάμῳ καὶ ἐνγυᾶται(*) εἰς ἔκτισιν
τὴν προκειμένην φερνήν. κυρία ἡ συνγραφὴ δισσὴ γρα-
φεῖσα πρὸς τὸ ἑκάτερον μέρος ἔχειν μοναχόν, καὶ ἐπερωτη-
20[θέν]τες ἑαυτοῖς ⟦αλληλοις⟧ ὡμολόγησαν. (ἔτους) ι Φαμενὼθ ιη.
Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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HGV 20369 Translation (English) [xml]
(Translation: from P.Oxy. 6) ... Antoninus and Faustina, Augusti. Menodorus son of Horus and Tacallippus of the village of Psobthis has given for partnership of marriage Thatres, his daughter by Thatres, to Apollonius son of Heracles and Tausorapis. The bride brings to her husband in respect of dowry one mina’s weight on the Oxyrhynchite standard of common gold, in kind, according to valuation, and in parapherna in clothing two outer veils, one ..., the other white. Let the husband and wife therefore live together observing the duties of marriage, and the husband shall supply the wife with necessaries in proportion to his means. If a separation takes place after the birth of children or before it, the husband shall restore all the super-dowry at the time of separation, and the dowry in sixty days from the day on which the separation takes place; and Menodorus, the giver of the bride, shall have the right of execution upon the husband and upon all his property. The father of the husband, Heracles son of Morus and Apollonia, of the said village, being present assents to the marriage, and is surety for the payment of the aforesaid dowry. This contract is valid, being written in duplicate in order that each party may have a copy; and in answer to the formal question they have declared to each other their consent. The 10th year, Phamenoth 18.