Ehe-Homologie
Marriage contract between the bridegroom and one of the bride's parents
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 20115
Private marriage agreement with promise to register a public contract TM 20115Provenance unknownMarch / April, 139 A.D. ?
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Fragmentary private marriage agreement in which a bridegroom acknowledges a dowry of 528 silver drachmas from one of the bride's parents, promises to register a formal marriage contract through the public office, and undertakes to return the dowry within 60 days if the couple separate before then. It is dated to year 2 of Antoninus Pius, in the month Pharmouthi.
In English machine translation
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[in the] tenth [year] of Emperor Antoninus
[drachmas] five hundred and twenty-eight, total 528 drachmas …………
on the fifth of the epagomenal days of the present year …
and I will draw up for this same daughter of yours, through the public office, the proper contract of marriage. But if before I draw it up for her it should happen that we separate because of a quarrel and […] wishes to demand back the dowry, I will return the 528 silver drachmas within 60 days from the day on which it is demanded, without any delay, it being permitted to you to have the settlement at the same valuation, according to the valuation of the [property] belonging to you. If I do not do as written, I will pay the aforementioned capital sum with one half more, you having the right of execution upon me and upon all my property, as if by legal judgment. This handwritten contract is valid.
Year 2 of Emperor Caesar Antoninus Augustus, Pharmouthi …
The text mentions a tenth year of Antoninus, apparently a future date, while the subscription gives year 2 (AD 139); the dating is marked uncertain. An idiographos syngraphe is a privately written contract, here preceding a formal registration through the public notary office.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ehe - Homologie). 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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