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Property settlement between former spouses in favour of their son Sarapas TM 19431Oxyrhynchos (?)140 - 161

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Fragmentary legal agreement between a former husband and wife, apparently Ophelous, concerning the settlement of their divorce under Antoninus Pius. It refers to an earlier marriage in Hadrian's 18th year, a divorce deed of Antoninus' 3rd year, a dowry of 3,780 drachmas and clothing, and property (house shares in the Plateia quarter and land) assigned to their son Sarapas with restrictions on sale or mortgage.

In English machine translation

[…] son of Epimachos, his mother being Thermouthion, from the same city, to Maximos also called Phil[…] […] in the month […] of the 18th year of the deified Hadrian, who in the meantime was divorced (?) […] […] in the month of Mesore of the 3rd year of Antoninus Caesar the lord, of the deed of divorce […] […] 3,780 drachmas of capital, to which nothing has been added, and in […] […] of uncoined weight 4 drachmas, a tunic and a mantle, almond-coloured […] […] deed to the aforementioned son Sarapas of the bride […] […] in the metropolis in the quarter of Plateia a half share of a house held in common with the groom […] […] the usufruct and the habitation and the rents he shall have […] together with the bride […] […] of the half share of the house a third share is held […] to the son Sarapas […] […] those belonging to him near the village of Eio[…] of the toparchy […] […] from the same, 1 9/… aroura (?) and in the metropolis in the quarter […] […] in the quarter of Plateia a half share of the aforementioned common house […] […] to the son Sarapas through the same deed of divorce […] […] of the house held in common with his brothers […] […] as the deed of divorce contains […] […] Ophelous and the aforementioned son Sarapas shall not be permitted […] […] to sell nor to mortgage nor otherwise to dispose of […] […] to them […] be present; and if not, let him pay back. […] […] which she has […] [… lines lost …]

The provenance is uncertain. The term rendered 'deed of divorce' (periluseos grammata) refers to a written dissolution of marriage.}

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Rechtsgeschäft zwischen zwei früheren Eheleuten). 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 · 140 - 161 · Oxyrhynchos (?)

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