Copy of a trophitis marriage contract with registration notes TM 21161Oxyrhynchos3. Juli 23 v.Chr.

Fragmentary copy of a marriage contract of the type called syngraphe trophitis, made by a man named Thonis, mentioning children to be born, quantities of grain, a sum in silver and a pledge of property. It ends with subscriptions and registration notes from the record office at Oxyrhynchus dated Year 7 of Augustus, Epeiph 9 (3 July 23 BC).

In English machine translation

A syngraphe trophitis was a contract of maintenance in which the husband undertook to support the wife, often in return for a sum she brought; the term has no exact English equivalent. The reading of the sum in 'gold pieces of silver' reflects the Egyptian accounting usage of the time.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Contrat de mariage (συγγραφὴ τροφῖτις)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.