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p.oxy.16.1895 554Oxyrhynchos
Alienation of a Daughter via HGV-meta
Widow's deed giving her daughter in adoption to a married couple. A widow, Aurelia Herais of Oxyrhynchus, unable to support her daughter of about nine years after her husband's death, formally hands the girl over to a couple, a son of Menas and his wife Maxima, to be raised as their lawful daughter. She undertakes not to reclaim the child, on penalty of repaying all costs of her upbringing, and pledges her property as security. The document dates to AD 554. machine translation
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- Alienation of a Daughter HGV-meta Oxyrhynchos554
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· Greek
Transcription
† βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλαουίου Ἰουστινιανοῦ τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου καὶ
Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους κη τοῖς τὸ ιγ μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν ΦλαουίουΒασιλίου τοῦ λαμπροτάτου[…]ἰνδικτίονος[…]
ΑὐρηλίαἩραῒς θυγάτηρ Ἰωάννου μητρὸς Σωσάννας ἀπὸ […]
[…]απώλῃ υἱῷ Μηνᾶ καὶ Μαξίμᾳ τῇ σῇ γαμετῇ, θυγατρὶ[…]ἀπὸ[…]χαίρειν.
πρὸ[…]ἐνιαυτῶν πλέον ἔλαττον ὁ ἐμὸς σύμβιος ἐτελεύτησεν, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπελείφθην
ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐμῆς ἐξ αὐτοῦ θυγατρὸς κάμνουσα καὶ δυστυχοῦσαεἰς τὸ χορηγεῖν αὐτῇ τὰς
δεούσας τροφάς, καὶ τανῦν μὴ εὐποροῦσα ἀποθρέψαι αὐτὴν[…]
[…]οὖσαν ἐτῶν ἐννέα πλέον ἔλαττον ἠξίωσα ὑμᾶς[…]ταύτην
παραλαβεῖν παρʼ ἐμοῦ εἰς θυγατέρα, καὶ ὁμολογῶ παραδεδωκέναι αὐτὴν ὑμῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ
νῦν εἰς τὸν ἑξῆς ἅπαντα χρόνον εἰς θυγατέρα νομίμην, ὥστε ὑμᾶς χορηγοῦντας τὰ δέοντα χώραν γονέων εἰς θυγατέρα ἀποπληρῶσαι εἰς αὐτήν, καὶ ἐντεῦθεν μὴ δύνασθαι
με ταύτην ἀποσπάσαι ἀφʼ ὑμῶν. εἰ δὲ τοῦτο ποιήσω, ὁμολογῶ ὑμῖν ἀποτίσειν
ἅπαντα τὰ ἀναλώματα λόγῳ τῶν αὐτῆς ἀποτροφῶν[…]
[…]ὑποθεμένη εἰς τὸ δίκαιον ταύτης τῆς ὁμολογίας πάντα τὰ ἐμοῦ ὑπάρχοντα
καὶ ὑπάρξοντα ἰδικῶς καὶ γενικῶς ἐνεχύρου λόγῳ καὶ ὑποθήκης δικαίῳ.
κυρία ἡ ὁμολογία ἁπλῆ γραφεῖσα, καὶ ἐπερωτηθεῖσα ὡμολόγησα.
ΑὐρηλίαἩραΐς θυγάτηρ Ἰωάννου ……[…]
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
[† In the reign of our most divine and most pious master Flavius Justinian, eternal Augustus and] Emperor, year 28, in the 13th year after the consulship of Flavius [Basilius, vir clarissimus, …, indiction …].
Aurelia Herais, daughter of Ioannes, her mother being Sosanna, from […], to […]apoles son of Menas and to Maxima your wife, daughter of […], from […], greetings.
[Some …] years ago, more or less, my husband died, [and I was left behind] with my daughter by him, toiling and suffering misfortune [in providing her with the necessary] sustenance, and now, not having the means to bring [her] up […] being about 9 years old, I asked you […] to [take her] from me as a daughter, and I acknowledge that I have handed [her over to you from now for] all time to come as a lawful daughter, [so that you, providing what is necessary,] may fulfil the place of parents toward her as a daughter, [and henceforth I shall not be able] to take her away from you. If I do this, [I agree to pay you all the] expenses on account of her upbringing […] having pledged for the security of this agreement [all my property, present] and future, specifically and generally, by way of pledge [and by right of mortgage.]
The agreement, written in a single copy, is valid, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent.
Aurelia Herais, daughter of Ioannes […]
[…]
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- TM-Text 22030 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;16;1895 tier-1
- HGV-Text 22030 tier-1
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