Deed of divorce between Thaesis and Petosarapis TM 20537Oxyrhynchos29. Aug. - 27. Sept. 96
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A deed of divorce from Oxyrhynchus dated to Domitian's 16th year (AD 96). Thaesis, with a guardian, acknowledges to her former husband Petosarapis the return of her 400-drachma dowry, cancels their marriage contract of year 14, and both parties renounce further claims against each other.
In English machine translation
Germanikeios was Domitian's honorific name for the month Thoth. Parapherna were the wife's personal goods brought into the marriage apart from the dowry; 'in the street' refers to a public, open-air execution of the agreement.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Deed of Divorce). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.oxy.2.266
ἔτους ἑκκαιδεκάτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Δομιτιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ, μηνὸς Γερμανικοῦ ἐν Ὀξυρύγχων πόλει τῆς Θηβαίδος. ὁμολογεῖ Θαῆσις Θώνιος τοῦ Ἀμιθώνιος μητρὸς Σινθεῦτος μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ πατρῳοῦ Ὀννώφριος Ὀννώφριος τοῦ Παμμένους μητρὸς Τααρθώνιος τῷ γενομένῳ αὐτῆς ἀνδρὶ Πετ…