Dowry contract of Apollonios son of Ptolemaios with mortgage of building plots TM 10135Arsinoites178 - 179

Fragment of a marriage contract (dowry agreement) from the Arsinoite nome, AD 178-179, in which Apollonios son of Ptolemaios acknowledges receipt of a dowry of gold jewellery, garments and parapherna valued at 900 drachmas. He pledges building plots in the village of Sebennytos as security and promises to return the dowry as stated.

In English machine translation

Parapherna are the bride's personal goods brought into the marriage beyond the dowry proper; 'mina-weight' (mnaiaion) refers to gold jewellery reckoned by weight. Year 19 of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus corresponds to AD 178/179.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Προικῷον συμβόλαιον). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.