| CONVENTIO
NUPTIALIS Marriage contract in the form of a bank diagraphe ( November 5, AD 143 or 153 ) |
P. Mich. XV, 700 ( Duke Data Bank of Documentary Papyri ). |
[ἀντίγραφον
διαγραφῆς] ἀπὸ τῆ̣ς ..[ - ca. ? - ]
| [ - ca. 15 - ἔτου]ς̣ ζ Αὐτοκράτ[ορος]
| [Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλί]ου Ἁδρ̣[ι]α̣ν̣οῦ Ἀντ[ωνίνου]
| [Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς] Ἁ̣θὺρ
η. Χαιρημ̣ο̣[νὶς] | [ - ca. ? - τοῦ]
Σ̣ω[κ]ράτους με̣τὰ κυρίο̣υ̣ [τοῦ ἑαυ]-|[τῆς συγγενοῦς Σ]αραπίωνος τ̣[ο]ῦ̣
Σεύθου Πασίω̣ν[ι] | [ - ca. ? - ἀπέ]χ̣ε̣ι̣ν
α̣ὐ̣τὸν̣ πα̣ρὰ τῆς̣ Χαιρημ̣ον[ί]δο[ς] | [φερ]νὴν [ἐφ᾽]
ἑ̣α̣υ̣τῇ̣ ἀ̣ργ(υρίου) (δραχμὰς) τεσσαράκοντα | [καὶ] χιτῶνος λευκοῦ
δραχμὰς εἴκοσι · κ[αὶ] | [συμ]β̣ι̣ώ̣σ̣ουσι ἀ̣λ̣λήλοις τ̣ο̣ῦ Πασίωνος
ἐπιχορη-|[γο]ῦ̣ντο̣ς̣ α̣ὐ̣τ̣ῇ τὰ̣ δέοντα̣ π̣άντα
κα[ὶ] τ̣ὸν ἱμα-|[τισ]μὸν ὡ̣ς̣ ἐ̣π̣ὶ̣ [γ]υ̣ν̣α̣ικὶ
γαμ̣ε̣[τ]ῇ κατὰ δύναμιν τοῦ | β[ί]ο̣υ· καὶ ἐ̣π̣ὶ̣ τ̣οῦ χωρισ̣μοῦ ἀπο̣δώσει
ὁ Πα-|σί̣ω̣[ν] τῇ Χαιρ̣η̣μονίδι τὴν προκιμένην φερνήν, | τὸ[ν] δ̣ὲ̣
χιτῶνα ἐν τῇ ἴσῃ διατιμήσει. |
English translation ( Advanced Papyrological Information System ). |
[Copy
of a draft] from the [bank of ---. Year] 7 of Imperator [Caesar Titus]
Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus [Augustus Pius], Hathyr 7. Chairemonis
[daughter of --- granddaughter of] Sokrates with, as guardian [her relative(?)]
Sarapion son of Seuthes to Pasion [son of ---] : (it is acknowledged)
that he has received from Chairemonis a dowry upon herself of forty
silver drachmai [and] a white tunic worth twenty drachmai. And they
will live together with each other, Pasion supplying her with all that
is necessary and with clothing as befits a married woman in proportion
to his means ; and when a separation takes place, Pasion will return
to Chairemonis the afore-mentioned dowry and the tunic in the same valuation. |
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