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Cancelled marriage contract of Selampious and Akabas son of Meeiros TM 24330Aristobulias (Judaea)130

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A Greek double document recording a marriage contract in which Selampious, through a guardian, is married to Akabas son of Meeiros of the village of Iakeim, with a dowry of 500 denarii (125 staters) and provisions for her maintenance and inheritance. It was drawn up at Aristobulias in Judaea in AD 130, and the outer text was later struck through, cancelling the contract; witnesses signed on the back.

In English machine translation

[recto] [fragment a] [Inner Text] […] […] […] of the inheritance […] […] I say [Outer Text] ⟦In the fourteenth year of Imperator Trajan Hadrian Caesar Augustus, in the consulship of Marcus Flavius Aper and Quintus Fabius Catullinus, […] at Aristobulias of the Zeiphene, Selampious (?) […] gave in marriage through Bork… son of Agla, her guardian for this matter, […] to Akabas son of Meeiros, of those from the village of Iakeim of the Zeiphene, […] to him on account of the contribution of the dowry in silver and gold […] 500 denarii, which are 125 staters, […] from her he has received and holds […] 500 denarii, immediately, by hand, […] as wife wedded, on condition that Selampious shall be fed and clothed […] at the expense of the property, both what he now has and what he may acquire hereafter. And if he dies […] […] male, or as heir […] […] being fed and clothed […] […] to husbands (?). And if the aforementioned […] […] 500 denarii […] …⟧ [fragment b] […] […] and make […] asked […] […] […] [fragment c] […] both from Akabas […] and […] […] [fragment d] […] until repayment […] without any delay […] […] [fragment e] […] […] Mariame […] […] and he acknowledged [from the] aforementioned […] […] [fragment f] […] […] in accordance […] letters […] [verso] [fragment a] Iosepos son of S…demon, witness Sou…os son of Eleazaros, witness Maro…es […], witness […]

The whole outer text is crossed out, indicating the contract was cancelled, probably after divorce or repayment of the dowry. The Zeiphene is the district of Ziph south of Hebron.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as XḤev/Se papCancelled Marriage Contract gr). 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 · 130 · Aristobulias (Judaea)

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