A fragmentary agreement between a husband and his wife, Didyme daughter of Lysimachos, concerning dowry, clothing, shares of houses, land, a vineyard, a well and a storehouse in the village of Talei, including property conceded by Thaubarion. It comes from the Arsinoite nome and probably dates to AD 89-90.
In English machine translation
[…] aged about […]
[…] four and […]
[…] of all […]
[…] the clothing […] but according to the […] of Lysimachos […] the aforementioned village of Talei
[…] the established […]
[…] to Lysimachos and […] of the conceded […]
[…] into the […] with windows […]
[…] if […] by Lysimachos himself
[…] the annual public dues […] all, and the […]
[…] half-finished […] that Lysimachos will hand over to the party making the agreement […] of 11 arouras and in the aforementioned village of Talei […] of the dowry, drachmas of silver
[…]
[…] Herakleides […] in the common house and Didyme
[…] they will acquire from now on or of those to come
[…] aged about 52, with a scar on the left of the neck
[…] of the allotments of […] and a half arouras, or however many they may be, under one seal, and
[…] the share belonging to you of the adjoining […] Greek […] and a sixth
[share] […] of the current ninth year, on account of the assessment, distributing wheat by the 6-choinix measure
[…] of a vineyard trained on trees, on other land, of 1 2/3 1/8 1/32 arouras, and the
[…] of all; and of Apollonios the last fourth share, held in common and undivided […] of all, and another share, held in common and undivided, of the property described
[…] 1/8 1/32 and the […] share of a cistern and a well and shadufs
[…] in the village of Talei a third share, held in common and undivided, of a working storehouse and of the existing […] is the same […] her against the aforementioned property of hers
[…] not only not by registration in any record office without the aforementioned […] of his
[…] and servitude of all the property conceded to him by his mother Thaubarion […] presence […] consent to whatever dispositions I may make
[…] to Didyme the aforementioned property, unregistered
[…] letters. I, Didyme daughter of Lysimachos, with my guardian, my relative Lysimachos
[…] consent […]
The 'ninth year' in the text fits the uncertain date of AD 89-90 (9th year of Domitian). The shadufs (kēlōnika) were water-lifting devices used for irrigation.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Agreement between a Husband and his Wife). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.