DDbDP transcription: p.oxy.10.1273 [xml]
AD 260 Oxyrhynchus
ΐ(*)δος ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως μετὰ συνεστῶτος Αὐρηλίου Θέωνος
τοῦ καὶ Νεπωτιανοῦ καὶ ὡς χρημα(τίζει) τὴν ἑαυτῆς θυγατέραν Αὐρηλίαν
Ταυσεῖριν πρὸς γάμον ἀνδρὶ Αὐρηλίῳ Ἀρσινόῳ Τρύφωνος μητρὸς Δη-
5μητρίας ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως, ᾧ προσφέρει ἡ αὐτὴ ἐκδότις ἐπὶ τῇ
αὐτῇ θυγατρὶ αὐτῆς καὶ γαμουμένῃ ἐν φερνῇ χρυσοῦ κοινοῦ σταθμῷ
Ὀξυρυγχιτικῷ περιτραχήλιον μανιάκην καλούμενον ἔχον λίθον
ὁλκῆς χωρὶς τοῦ [λί]θ[ο]υ τετάρτων δεκατριῶν , ἁπτώδιον ἔχον(*)
λίθους πέντε περικεχρυσωμένους ὁλκῆς χωρὶς τῶν λίθων τετάρτων
10τεσσάρων , ἐνωτίων ζεῦγος ἔχον πείνας(*) δέκα ὁλκῆς χωρὶς τῶν πει-
νῶν(*) τετάρτων τριῶν , δακτυλίδιον μεικρὸν(*) τετά[ρ]ταις(*) ἥμισυ(*) ,
καὶ ἐν ἱ(*)ματίοις ἐν συντειμήσει(*) δελματικομαφόρτην ἀργέντινον
ἔνσημον δραχμῶν διακοσίων ἑξήκοντα , χιτώνιον λευκὸν μονα-
χὸν κροσωτὸν(*) ἔνσημον δραχμῶν ἑκατὸν ἑξήκοντα , δελματι-
15κομαφόρτην καλλάι(*)νον δραχμῶν ἑκατόν , ἕτερον δελματικομα-
φ[ό]ρ[τ]ην λευκὸν προπόρφυρον δραχμῶν ἑκατόν , ὡς εἶναι ἐπι τὸ αὐ-
τὸ τὴ̣ν̣ ὅ̣λ̣ην φερνὴν χρυσοῦ κοινοῦ μναγιαῖον(*) ἓν τετάρτας τέσσαρας
ἥμισυ καὶ σ̣υ̣ν̣τειμήσεως(*) ἱ(*)ματίων δραχμὰς ἑξακοσίας εἴκοσι ,
πάντα κεφαλαί[ο]υ̣ οἷς οὐδὲν προσεγράφη, περὶ ἧς προκειμένης φερνῆς
20ἐ̣π̣[ε]ρ̣ω̣τηθεὶς <ὑπὸ> η(*) ἐκδοτις(*) Αὐρηλία(*) Θαησις(*) ὡμολόγησεν ὁ γαμῶν
Αὐρή[λιος] Ἀρσίνοος ἐσχηκέναι ἀριθμοῦ πλήρεις ἐπὶ τοῦ προκειμένου
σταθμ[οῦ κ]α̣ὶ συντειμήσεως(*). συνβιούτωσαν οὖν ἀλλήλοις οἱ γαμοῦν-
τες ἀμέμπτως φυλάσσοντες τὰ τοῦ γάμου δίκαια, ὁ δὲ γαμῶν
ε̣ ̣[ ̣ ̣] ̣ χορηγε̣ί̣[τω] τῇ γυναικὶ τὰ δέοντα πάντα κατὰ δύναμιν.
25ἐ̣[ὰν δ]έ̣, ὃ [μὴ ε]ἴ̣η, ἐκ διαφορᾶς ἀπα[λλαγὴ τῶν γ]αμούντων γένηται,
ἀ̣π̣[οδότω] ὁ̣ γαμῶν τῇ ἐκδότιδ̣ι̣, [ἐὰν περιῇ, εἰ δ]ὲ̣ μή, τῇ γαμουμένῃ,
τὴ[ν π]ρ[οκει]μένην φερνὴν π[λήρη ἐν ἡμέρ]αις ἑξήκοντα ἀφʼ ἧς ἐὰν
α[ἴτη]μ̣α̣ γ̣έ̣ν̣ητ̣α̣ι, τ̣ὰ̣ μὲν χρυσία κ̣α̣τ̣ʼ ἀ̣[ρ]ί̣[θμη]σ̣ι̣ν̣ τοῦ ἐφʼ ἑκάστου σταθμοῦ,
ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἐπὶ συντειμήσεως(*) ἱ(*)ματίων α̣ἵ̣ρ̣εσις ἔσται περὶ τοὺς περὶ τὴν
30γαμουμένην ἔχειν αὐτὰ τῆς τότε ἐσομένης αὐτῶν συντει̣μήσεως(*)
καὶ λ̣α̣β̣εῖν̣ [τ]ὸ̣ ἐ̣ν̣δέον ἐν ἀρ[γ]υ̣ρ̣ίῳ ἢ αὐτὴν τὴν προκειμένην συντείμη-
σιν(*), κ̣α̣ὶ̣ [τ]ὴ̣ν̣ τούτων πάν̣τ̣ω̣ν̣ τρίψιν καὶ ἀπουσίαν εἶναι πρὸς τὸν γαμοῦν-
τα. [ἐὰ]ν̣ [δὲ] καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ἀπαλλαγῆς ἐγκυος ἠν(*) ἡ γαμουμένη, δότω αὐτῇ
ὁ γαμῶν εἰς λόγον δαπάνης λοχείας δραχμὰς τεσσαράκοντα . ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς
35ἀπαιτήσεως τῆς πρ[ο]κειμένης φερνῆς ἡ πρᾶξις ἔσται τοῖς περὶ τὴν γα-
μουμένην παρά τ̣ε̣ τοῦ γαμοῦντος καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ πάντων.
κυρία ἡ συνγραφὴ δισσὴ [γρα]φεῖσα πρὸς τὸ ἑκάτερον ἔχειν μοναχόν, ἥνπερ ὁπη-
νίκα ἐὰν αἱρῶνται ἢ καί τις αὐτῶν δημοσιώσει διὰ τοῦ καταλογείου
οὐ προσδεόμενος τῆς τοῦ ἑτέρου μεταλήμψεως οὐδὲ̣ ἑτέρας εὐδοκήσεως
40διὰ τὸ ἐντεῦθεν εὐδοκεῖν τῇ ἐσομένῃ δημοσιώσει, περὶ δὲ τοῦ ταῦτα
ὀρθῶς καλῶς γείνεσθαι ἀλλήλους ἐπερωτήσαντ[ε]ς ὡμολόγησαν.
(ἔτους) ζ̣ Αὐτοκρατόρων Καισάρων Πουπλίου Λικιννίου Οὐαλεριανοῦ καὶ Πουπλίου
Λικι[νν]ί̣[ο]υ Οὐαλεριανοῦ Γαλλιηνοῦ Γερμανικῶν Μεγίστων Εὐσεβῶν Εὐτυχῶν
καὶ Π̣[ο]υ̣π̣λ̣[ίο]υ Λικιννίου(*) Κορνηλίου Σαλωνείνου Οὐαλεριανοῦ τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτου
45Καίσ[αρ]ος Σεβαστῶν Μεχεὶρ β. (hand 2) Αὐρηλία Θαῆσις ἐξεδόμην
τὴν θυγατέραν μου πρὸς γάμον τῷ προτεταγμένῳ
Ἀρσινόῳ καὶ προσήνεγκα αὐτῷ τὴν προκειμένην φερ-
νὴν ὡς πρόκειται καὶ ἐπερωτηθεῖσα ὡμολόγησα. Αὐρήλιος
Θέων ὁ καὶ Νεπωτιανὸς συνέστην αὐτῇ καὶ ἔγραψα ὑ(*)πὲρ
50αὐ[τ]ῆς μὴ εἰδυί(*)ης γράμματα. (hand 3) Αὐρήλιος Ἀρσίνοος
[ἔσ]χον τὴν {την} προκειμέν̣η̣ν(*) φερνή̣ν̣(*)
καὶ ἐάν, ὅ μὴ(*) εἴη, ἀπαλλαγὴ γένη-
ται, ἀποδώσω ὡς πρόκειται καὶ ἐπ-
ε[ρ]ωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα.
Apparatus
^ 1. l. ἐξέδοτο
^ 1-2. |ϊδοσ papyrus
^ 8. corr. ex αχον
^ 10. l. πίνας
^ 10-11. l. πι |νῶν
^ 11. l. μικρὸν
^ 11. l. τετάρτης
^ 11. l. ἡμίσους
^ 12. ϊματιοισ papyrus
^ 12. l. συντιμήσει
^ 14. l. κροσ<σ>ωτὸν
^ 15. καλλαϊνον papyrus
^ 17. l. μναιαῖον
^ 18. l. συντιμήσεως
^ 18. ϊματιων papyrus
^ 20. l. τῆς
^ 20. l. ἐκδότιδος
^ 20. l. Αὐρηλίας
^ 20. l. Θαήσιος
^ 22. l. συντιμήσεως
^ 29. l. συντιμήσεως
^ 29. ϊματιων papyrus
^ 30. l. συντιμήσεως
^ 31-32. l. συντίμη |σιν
^ 33. l. ᾖ
^ 44. corr. ex λικιννοου
^ 49. ϋπερ papyrus
^ 50. ειδυϊησ papyrus
^ 51. corr. ex
^ 52. corr. ex μο
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HGV 21791 Translation (English) [xml]
(Translation: from P.Oxy. 10) For good fortune. Aurelia Thaësis daughter of Eudaemon and Heraïs, of Oxyrhynchus, acting with Aurelius Theon also called Nepotianus and however he is styled, has given her daughter Aurelia Tausiris in marriage to the husband Aurelius Arsinoiis son of Tryphon and Demetria, of the said city, to whom the said giver contributes as the dowry of her said daughter the bride in common gold on the Oxyrhynchite standard a necklace of the kind called maniaces, having a stone and weighing apart from the stone 13 quarters, a brooch (?) with 5 stones set in gold, weighing apart from the stones 4 quarters, a pair of ear-rings with 10 pearls weighing apart from the pearls 3 quarters, a small ring weighing 4 quarter, and in clothing at a valuation a silvery striped Dalmatian veil worth 260 drachmae, a white, single, tasselled, striped frock worth 160 drachmae, a turquoise-coloured Dalmatian veil worth 100 drachmae, another white Dalmatian veil with a purple border worth 100 drachmae, making the total of the whole dowry 1 mina 4 1/2 quarters of common gold, and for the valuation of the clothing 620 drachmae, a sum total to which no addition has been made; and questioned concerning the aforesaid dowry by the giver of the bride Aurelia Thaësis, the bridegroom Aurelius Arsinoüs agreed that he had received the full number at the aforesaid weight and valuation. Let husband and wife therefore live blamelessly together, observing the duties of marriage, and the husband shall supply his wife with al necessaries in proportion to his means; but if—which heaven forbid—in consequence of an estrangement a separation of the parties takes place, the husband shall restore to the giver of the bride, if she be living, or if not, to the bride, the aforesaid dowry in full within 60 days from the day on which a demand for restoration is made, the gold objects in accordance with the amount of the weight in each case. while, in respect of the clothes at a valuation, the bride’s representatives shall have the choice of keeping them at the valuation to be then made and receiving the balance in silver, or receiving the aforesaid valuation, the responsibility for the wear and loss of all these resting with the husband. If at the time of the separation the bride should be pregnant, the husband shall give her on account of the expenses of the birth 40 drachmae; and in connexion with the demand of the aforesaid dowry the bride’s representatives shall have the right of execution upon both the husband and all his property. This contract is valid,being written in duplicate so that each party may have one copy, and whenever they or one of them chooses, he shall make it public through the bureau, without requiring the concurrence of the other side or any further consent, because both sides now agree to the future publication, and to each other’s questions whether this is done rightly and fairly they have given their assent. The 7th year of the Emperors and Caesars Publius Licinius Valerianus and Publius Licinius Valerianus Gallienus Germanici Maximi Pii Felices and Publius Licinius Cornclius Saloninus Valerianus, the most noble Caesar, Augusti, Mecheir 2. (Signed) I, Aurelia Thaësis, have given my daughter in marriage to the above mentioned Arsinoüs and have made over to him the aforesaid dowry asaforesaid,and in answer to the formal question have declared my consent. I, Aurelius Theon also called Nepotianus, was associated with her and wrote on her behalf, as she is illiterate. I, Aurelius Arsinoüs, have received the aforesaid dowry, and if—which heaven forbid—a separation take place, I will restore it as aforesaid, and in answer to the formal question I have declared my consent.