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Marriage agreement between Artemidoros and Ammonarion TM 18538Alexandria30 BC - AD 14

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A marriage agreement from Alexandria in the reign of Augustus, in which Ammonios and Semele give their daughter Ammonarion in marriage to Artemidoros with a dowry of clothing and gold valued at 300 silver drachmas. Artemidoros undertakes to support and not mistreat her, on pain of returning the dowry, and Ammonarion undertakes not to stay away from his house without his consent.

In English machine translation

[Upper lines, different hand] […] Artemidoros son of Pamphilos […] 20 artabas of wheat, being brought (?) […] […] daughter […] Zois […] [Main text] From Ammonios son of Ammonios, of the Althaean deme, and his wife Semele daughter of Ammonios, a citizen woman, with her guardian, the said Ammonios, and from Artemidoros son of Artemidoros, of the Althaean deme. Concerning the matters on which we have reached a settlement, we agree with one another on the following terms: whereas Ammonios and Semele have given to Artemidoros their daughter Ammonarion […], being of full age, as wife for partnership in life, and she has brought to him as dowry clothing, gold ornaments and an episemon, all valued at 300 drachmas of silver, Artemidoros, having from now received the aforesaid dowry by hand from the house, shall from now supply Ammonarion with all necessities and clothing as befits a wedded wife, according to his means, and shall not ill-treat her, nor insult her, nor cast her out, nor bring in another wife, nor commit any other forbidden wrong against her; and if he transgresses any of these terms, he shall pay back the aforesaid dowry, Ammonarion having the right of execution upon Artemidoros himself and upon all his property, as if by a court judgment. In the same way, Ammonarion shall not be permitted to spend the night or the day away from the house of Artemidoros without his consent […] [… 9 lines lost …]

The papyrus came from mummy cartonnage found at Abusir el-Meleq; three lines above the main text in another hand belong to a separate, unrelated draft. An episemon is probably a piece of jewelry or ornament with a mark or device.

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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Marriage contract

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · JE43783 · 30 BC - AD 14 · Alexandria

From cartonnage found in Abusir el meleq. Large, unattractive hand, very abraded. Over the text the remains of three lines in a different hand, probably the outline for a marriage contract, which however is not connected with the one of the main text.

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bgu.4.1100

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 30 v.Chr. - 14 · Alexandria

[msup] …η Ἀρτεμιδωρ Παμφίλου κ πυροῦ ἀρταβ ἀποφερομεν …… θυγατ… Ζωὶς απο… [ctr] παρὰ Ἀμμωνίου τοῦ Ἀμμωνίου Ἀλθαιέως καὶ τῆς τούτου γυναικὸς Σεμέλης τῆς Ἀμμωνίου ἀστῆς μετὰ κυρίου αὐτοῦ Ἀμμωνίου καὶ παρὰ Ἀρτεμιδώρου τοῦ Ἀρτεμιδώρου Ἀλθαιέως. περὶ ὧν διεστάμεθα συνχωροῦμεν πρὸς ἀλλ…