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Divorce agreement between Apollonia and Hermogenes TM 18540Alexandria10. März 13 v.Chr.

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An Alexandrian divorce agreement (synchoresis) addressed to Protarchos, head of the court, in which Apollonia, daughter of Sambathion, acting with her uncle as guardian, and Hermogenes, son of Hermogenes, dissolve their marriage. Apollonia acknowledges the return of her dowry of 60 silver drachmas, both renounce further claims, and each is free to remarry; dated 10 March 13 BC.

In English machine translation

Sheet (kollema) […] To Protarchos, from Apollonia daughter of Sambathion, with as her guardian her mother's brother Herakleides son of Herakleides, and from Hermogenes son of Hermogenes, of the Archegetes (deme). Apollonia and Hermogenes agree that they have separated from one another from the living together established between them by an agreement made through the same court in year 13 of Caesar, Pharmouthi, and Apollonia (agrees) that she has received back from Hermogenes by hand, from his house, the small dowry of 60 silver drachmas which he received with her from her parents Sambathion and Eirene according to the agreement. The marriage agreement is to be void forthwith, and neither Apollonia nor anyone else on her behalf shall proceed against Hermogenes concerning a demand for the dowry, and neither of them shall proceed against the other either concerning the living together or concerning any other matter whatsoever up to the present day, from which it shall be permitted to Apollonia to marry another man and to Hermogenes to marry another woman, both being free of liability; otherwise the one who transgresses shall be liable to the fixed penalty. Year 17 of Caesar, Phamenoth 14. …

Protarchos presided over the Alexandrian court (kriterion) before which such agreements (synchoreseis) were registered; the marriage itself had been contracted there in year 13 of Augustus. 'Archegetes' is the name of an Alexandrian deme.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ehescheidung, 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 · 10. März 13 v.Chr. · Alexandria

κόλλημα Πρωτάρχωι παρὰ Ἀπολλωνίας τῆς Σαμβαθίωνος μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ τῆς μητρὸς ἀδελφοῦ Ἡρακλείδου τοῦ Ἡρακλείδου καὶ παρὰ Ἑρμογένους τοῦ Ἑρμογένους Ἀρχηγέτου. συνχωροῦσιν Ἀπολλωνία καὶ Ἑρμογένης κεχωρίσθαι ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων τῆς συστάσης αὐτοῖς συνβιώσεως κατὰ συγχώρησιν διὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ κρι…