Marriage contract for Didymarion and the son of Alkaios TM 11498Arsinoites138 - 160

Year […] of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, month of Neos Sebastos 23, at […] of the Arsinoite nome. Alkaios son of Hieronymos son of […], Persian of the epigone, aged about […] years, acknowledges to Didyme daughter of Heraklas, aged about […] years, with a scar […] on the middle […], with her guardian […], aged about 50 years, with a scar […], that he, the acknowledging party, has received from her as dowry for her daughter Didymarion, a virgin, who is [married] to the son of the acknowledging party […], 100 drachmas of silver, being the value […] and of a yellow double-tunic cloak; and as parapherna without valuation a pair of gold earrings […] of […] quarters […] […] […] rings of gold […] 16 quarters, gilded (?) […], and bracelets of silver of uncoined weight 64 drachmas, and necklaces (?) of silver of uncoined weight 32 drachmas, and a purple robe […] and 3 bronze oil flasks and oil flasks […] of tin, and a chest and wooden stools. Let the married couple therefore live together with one another […], and Didymarion blamelessly, the […] supplying her with all necessities and clothing and the other things that befit a wedded wife. If a quarrel arises between them and they separate from one another, let the […] repay to the mother Didyme […], or if she is not living, to the daughter Didymarion, the aforesaid dowry and the parapherna: if he sends her away, at once; if she leaves of her own will, within 60 days from when it is demanded, and the parapherna at once; the right of execution belonging to Didymarion […] both against the acknowledging party and against all his property, as if by legal judgment. Alkaios son of Hieronymos […] from Didyme […] and […] […] not knowing letters […] of the husband Didym[…] the dowry and the parapherna […]