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Marriage agreement between Ch[…] and Herakleides TM 18537Alexandria30 v.Chr. - 14 n.Chr.

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A marriage agreement submitted to Protarchos, head of the court at Alexandria, between Ch[…], daughter of Hermogenes, acting with her guardian, and Herakleides son of Herakleides. Herakleides acknowledges receiving her dowry of clothing and gold jewellery valued at 200 drachmas and undertakes to support her and not mistreat her, on penalty of repaying the dowry plus half.

In English machine translation

To Protarchos, the official in charge of the court, from Ch[…], daughter of Hermogenes, citizen, with her guardian Hermogenes son of Dorion, of the Epiphaneian (deme), and from Herakleides son of Herakleides, Gam[…]. [Concerning] the matters on which we have reached agreement, we agree […] that we have come together with one another for a partnership of life, and that Herakleides has received from Ch[…] [by hand from] the house a dowry together with clothing and gold jewellery and an earring (?), all valued at 200 […] drachmas of silver […]. From now on Herakleides is to provide Ch[…] with all necessities and clothing as for a wedded wife, according to the means of his property, and he is not to ill-treat her or insult her or […] […] nor to commit any wrong against her […], or else he is to repay at once the aforesaid dowry with an additional half, the right of execution belonging to Ch[…] against Herakleides himself and against all his property, as if by legal judgement […] […]

This belongs to the Augustan Alexandrian synchoresis contracts addressed to Protarchos, head of the court (kriterion). The bride's name survives only as its initial letter.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ehevertrag, Alexandrien). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 30 v.Chr. - 14 n.Chr. · Alexandria

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