Marriage contract between Apollonios and Thatres of Psobthis TM 20369Psobthis (Oxyrhynchites)14. März 170

[…] of Antoninus and Faustina Augusti. [Menodoros] son of Horos, his mother being Takallippos, from the village of Psobthis, [has given] his daughter Thatres, her mother being Thatres, to Apollonios [son of Herakles], his mother being Tausorapis, from the same village, for partnership in marriage. The bride brings to her husband as dowry, in gold of the common standard by Oxyrhynchite weight, one mina, in ornaments, valued at [… drachmas, and in] paraphernalia of garments two subrica-mantles, [one …] and the other white. Let the married pair therefore live together, observing the duties of marriage, and let the husband provide the wife with what is needed according to the means [of his livelihood]. If a separation takes place, whether there are children or not, let the husband return all the paraphernalia at the time of the separation, and the dowry within sixty days from the day the separation takes place, the right of execution belonging to Menodoros, who gave her in marriage, against the husband and against all his property. Present is the husband's father, Herakles son of Moros, his mother being Apollonia, from the same village, who consents to the marriage and stands surety for the repayment of the aforesaid dowry. The contract, written in two copies so that each party may have one, is valid, and having been asked the formal question by each other they agreed. Year 10, Phamenoth 18.