. . . to have received from (her?) mother Kyrilla 1000 dr. of silver . . . to the contract for the dominion of both parties [for the] time they are with each other, out of which henceforth [by hand] he has received [332 dr. of silver], and the remaining 668 dr. of silver to be delivered by Kyrilla (?) . . . of necessity by Mesore 30 of the present [..] year [of --- ] the lord. When Chrysermos . . . the 332 drachmas which he has received, Chrysermos is to furnish [to Dionysia] her necessities and clothing and the other things in turn, from his property. And he is not to be allowed to introduce [another wife] in addition to her, - - - nor to outrage her in any [way]. If [Chrysermos] is shown to be doing any of these things [or] expels Dionysia, he shall give her . . . and 1,860 dr. of silver of gifts . . . and the . . . [arouras] free of public taxes . . . to the children whom she may bear . . . to separate from Chrysermos, let him give back . . . as aforesaid, except only those of the epigraphe . . . from one another, all of the aforementioned shall be . . . . . Dionysia from another . . . on an equal basis. But if their children from one another [die] before they reach legal age . . . but [if] Hermias precedes, likewise . . . but if all . . . of legal age, everything is to . . . [But if] Dionysia dies [childless] and intestate . . . nothing else of the property of Dionysia . . . [the things] written [through this] contract . . .

 
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Bagnall, Renner & Worp, Columbia Papyri, VIII, Atlanta, 1990, n. 227 ; Krause, Witwen und Waisen im Römischen Reich, III, Stuttgart, 1995, pp. 8 and 153 ; Cribiore, Writing, teachers, and students in Graeco-Roman Egypt, Atlanta, 1996, p. 101 ; Yiftach, ZPE, 115, 1997, p. 179 ; Pratscher, Öhler & Lang, Das ägyptische Christentum im 2. Jahrhundert, Münster, 2008, p. 118.
 
 
►  Source : Egyptian papyrus.