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Opening of a marriage contract drawn up at Antinoopolis under Emperor Justin II. The groom, Flavius […], a singularis attached to an official staff, acts with his mother's consent, and the bride is Aurelia Theodora, daughter of Pythiodoros. Only the date, preamble and parties survive.
A singularis was a junior official serving on a governor's staff (taxis). The reading 'orchard-keeper' (pomarites) for Pythiodoros is a restoration of a broken word.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Marriage contract). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
† βασιλείας καὶ ὑπατείας τοῦ θειοτάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλαυίου Ἰουστίνου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους[…] ἐννεακαιδεκάτῃ ἰνδικτίονος […]ἐν Ἀντινόου πόλει τῇ λαμπροτάτῃ. † ὁ γάμος εκ[…] ἀγαθοῖς πολ[…] ἡγουμένης τῆς τοῦ δ[…]ταύτην τὴν ἔγγραφον ὁμολογίαν[…] ἑκόντες καὶ πεπε…
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