Dowry receipt in a marriage document from the city of the Arsinoites TM 128682Arsinoites

Fragment of a marriage document acknowledging receipt of a dowry, listing jewellery, garments and money valued in talents and drachmas, with a promise to provide the wife with clothing and necessities. It comes from the Arsinoite nome and is dated by the regnal years of Constantius and Galerius with the Caesars Severus and Maximinus, in the sixth consulship of the Augusti, i.e. AD 306.

In English machine translation

The date is derived from the restored regnal and consular formula (year 14 of Constantius and Galerius, year 2 of the Caesars, 6th consulship). Terms such as subricopallium and maphorion are types of late antique garments with no exact English equivalent.

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