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Deed of divorce between a Samaritan couple at Hermopolis TM 21132Hermopolis26. Juli 586

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A deed of divorce (repudium) from Hermopolis dated 26 July 586, between Aurelius Ioustos son of Sampsichos, a cellarer, and his wife Aurelia […]phre, both Samaritans. They declare their marriage dissolved, renounce all claims regarding dowry, gifts and wedding expenses, and are free to remarry; arrangements for their daughter Eudokia began before the text breaks off.

In English machine translation

[recto] † In the reign and consulship of our most divine lord Flavius Mauricius † Tiberius, the eternal Augustus and Imperator, year four, Mesore 2. This mutual agreement of separation, that is of repudium, they draw up and make with one another, so that each party may have a single authentic copy for security: on the one part Aurelius Ioustos son of Sampsichos, […] cellarer, and on the other part Aurelia […]phre, whose mother is Erebekka, Samaritans by religion, both from the city of the Hermopolites, greetings. They agree with one another as follows: Whereas we were formerly joined to one another in lawful marriage and partnership of life, and for the sake of begetting children, as is the custom among people, in good hopes; and today, we know not whence, from some evil and wicked (influence?) they have wished to separate from one another; accordingly they agree that they have no claim and will have none in future against one another concerning any matter, small or great, pertaining to their cohabitation, neither concerning dowry nor concerning marriage gifts nor concerning wedding expenses, nor concerning action or liability or plea of complaint; but that each party is free to enter into another marriage from now on, that is from this present day, as is written. And it was decided that Eudokia our daughter […] our […] [… lines lost …] [verso] […] of Ioustos son of Sampsichos, cellarer

The parties are explicitly identified as Samaritans by religion, rare evidence for a Samaritan community in Egypt. The text shifts between first and third person, typical of divorce formulas of the period.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 26. Juli 586 · Hermopolis

[r] † Βασιλείας καὶ ὑπατείας τοῦ θειοτάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλαουίου Μαυρικίου † Τιβερίου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους τετάρτου Μεσορὴ δευτέρᾳ. τάσδε τὰς ἀντισυγγράφους τῆς διαλύσεως ἤτοι ῥεπουδίου ὁμολογίας τίθενται καὶ ποιοῦνται πρὸς ἀλλήλους πρὸς τὸ παρʼ ἑκατέρῳ μέρει…