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Marriage contract with dowry list TM 2675Oxyrhynchites216 - 215 v.Chr.

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Fragment of a marriage contract from the Oxyrhynchite nome, dated to year 7 of Ptolemy IV (216-215 BC). A Macedonian of the Epigone acknowledges receiving from the bride's father, a son of Kephalon, a dowry of 3,000 bronze drachmas together with garments, livestock and household items, each valued in drachmas.

In English machine translation

[In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy and Berenike, the Benefactor Gods], year seventh, in the priesthood of [Agathokles son of Agathokles, of Ale]xan[der and the Sibling Gods] and the Benefactor Gods [and] the Father-loving Gods; the basket-bearer of Arsinoe [Philadelphos being Philesa?] daughter of Demetrios; [in the month] Artemisios, at […] of the Oxyrhynchite nome. Contract [of marriage] […] and […] […]. With good fortune. […], Macedonian of the Epigone, acknowledges that he has received from […] son of Kephalon […] as dowry of his daughter […]mache, with the consent of Diodotos son of […] […] of the same father, reckoned in bronze coinage, 3,000 drachmas […] at 70 drachmas […]; two new summer veils (?) worth […] drachmas; […] worth 60 drachmas […]; a […] spalake (?) worth […] drachmas; […] a foal […]; twenty sheep worth […] drachmas; […] worth 100 drachmas; a wine-cooler […]; […] the rest in bronze […]

The dating formula is largely restored, including the eponymous priest and basket-bearer. 'Epigone' denotes descendants of soldiers or settlers, a legal status class in Ptolemaic Egypt; several dowry items (e.g. 'spalake') are of uncertain meaning.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ehevertrag). 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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bgu.6.1283

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 216 - 215 v.Chr. · Oxyrhynchites

βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου καὶ Βερενίκης θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν ἔτους ἑβδόμου ἐφʼ ἱερέως Ἀγαθοκλέους τοῦ Ἀγαθοκλέους Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν καὶ θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν καὶ θεῶν Φιλοπατόρων κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Φιλησοῦς τῆς Δημητρίου μηνὸς Ἀρτεμισίου ἐν[…]τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχίτου …