Greek subscription to a Demotic alimentary contract TM 12157Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJanuary 30, 21 A.D.

Greek subscription to a Demotic alimentary (maintenance) contract, in which a man, the elder son of Harmiysis, acknowledges issuing to his wife, daughter of Orseus, a maintenance contract for a sum of money, together with a deed of cession and a prior sale of all his property as security. It was written at Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome in AD 21.

In English machine translation

The 'trophitis' (alimentary) contract secured the wife's maintenance and the sum due to her if the marriage ended; the 'prior sale' (propasis) pledged the husband's property as surety. The amount of 11 gold pieces is partly restored from the later mention of 'eleven'.

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