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Divorce agreement between Aurelius Pkylis and his wife TM 16139Hermopolis7. Juli 571

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A divorce agreement from Hermopolis dated 7 July 571, in which Aurelius Pkylis son of Ioannes and a woman whose name ends in -ia, daughter of Psas and Eucharistia, dissolve their marriage, blaming some evil demon for their wish to separate. Only the opening survives.

In English machine translation

In the sixth year of the reign and consulship of our most divine master Flavius Justinus, eternal Augustus and Imperator, Epeiph 13, of the fifth indiction; […] This deed of dissolution of repudium they draw up and make with one another: on the one part Aurelius Pkylis son of Ioannes, his mother being […], and on the other part […]ia daughter of Psas, her mother being Eucharistia, both from Hermopolis, agreeing with one another as set out below. Whereas they were formerly joined to one another in lawful marriage and partnership of life for the sake of begetting children, in good hopes, […] their life together with one another, but now […] from some evil demon they have wished to separate from one another, accordingly they draw up and make this deed of dissolution of repudium willingly and of their own conviction, without any deceit […] […]

Repudium is the Latin legal term for repudiation or divorce; the formula blaming an 'evil demon' for the breakdown is standard in Byzantine divorce deeds. Much of the opening is restored from parallel documents.

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

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bgu.12.2203

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 7. Juli 571 · Hermopolis

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