bgu.1.251 30. März 81Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

In the third year of the reign of Emperor Titus Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, on the fourth of the month of Daisios, Pharmouthi 4, on the Soknopaios Island of the Heracleides division of the Arsinoite nome. Stotoëtis the son of Tesenouphis, a Persian of the Epigone, about forty-one years old, with a scar on the right side of his forehead, acknowledges that he has received from Tanefrimis, of her own accord and with her hand from her own house, a dowry of twenty silver drachmas. Therefore, Stotoëtis and Tanefrimis shall live together blamelessly as husband and wife, as they were before, with Stotoëtis providing her with all necessary things and clothing and everything else appropriate for a married woman according to his ability. In case of disagreement leading to separation, Stotoëtis is to return to Tanefrimis the dowry of twenty silver drachmas within sixty days from the demand made. If he does not return it as written, he shall repay one and a half times the amount, with the agreement being enforceable by Tanefrimis from Stotoëtis and from all his belongings as from a court decision, with the document remaining valid due to its irreversible nature. The mother of Stotoëtis, Satabous, daughter of Horus of Haryotis, about sixty years old, with a mole on the left side of her upper lip, is present as well, along with the lord of her sister's son, Stotoëtis the son of Erios, about forty-three years old, with a scar above the right eyebrow. She agrees, after her own death, to give her possessions to her children Stotoëtis and Horus, her daughters Soëris and Eriëa, and the children of her deceased son Tesenouphis, sons of Stotoëtis and Horus. To her son Stotoëtis, she grants the house and courtyard located on the southern part. To the same Stotoëtis, she grants a quarter of another house and courtyard on the northern part that formerly belonged to Psentaphiamis. To the same Stotoëtis, she grants a fifteenth of another house and courtyard formerly of Patoulos. To Horus and Eriëa, she grants a shared equal part of another house and courtyard on the southern side, and everything associated with it. To Soëris, she grants half of the separated quarter formerly belonging to Psentaphiamis' house and courtyard, and to the children of her deceased son Tesenouphis, sons of Stotoëtis and Horus, she grants the remaining quarter of the aforementioned house and courtyard formerly of Psentaphiamis. She further grants to each of her two sons, Stotoëtis and Horus, a part of