One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29131

Inventory of dowry goods of Didyme TM 29131unbekanntII - III

The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →

Fragment of an inventory of goods, apparently part of a marriage contract listing the dowry or personal property of a woman named Didyme. It lists bronze items, large oil-flasks, a headband, a mulberry-coloured mantle, a cloak and jewellery weighed in quarters of pure or common metal. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] of Didyme […] bronze […] […] 9 large oil-flasks (lekythoi), fluted (?) […] […] of two-thirds […] headband (mitra) […] … fitted with (?) leather […] […] […] mulberry-coloured mantle (maphortes) […] cloak (pallion) of … work (?) […] two of two quarters, of pure (gold?) […] of two quarters, of pure (gold?) […] of ten quarters, of common (alloy?) [… lines lost …] [verso] keipa

The 'quarters' (tetartai) are probably fractions of a weight unit for gold or silver jewellery, with 'pure' and 'common' referring to the quality of the metal. The verso word 'keipa' is unexplained.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Inventory List (Part of a Marriage Contract)). 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.bodl.1.93

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II - III

[r] […]ων Διδύμης […]χαλκῆ […]… […]ληκύθων μεγάλων θ ξυστρωτῶν[…] […]ς διμοιραίων […]…κα μίτρα […]μ…δες περιβεβασι δερμα[…] […]…τα […]… μαφόρτης μόρινος […]πάλλιον συνέργων […]… δύο τεταρτῶν δύο ἀπὸ καθαροῦ […]ον τεταρτῶν δύο ἀπὸ καθαροῦ τεταρτῶν δέκα ἀπὸ κοινοῦ [… ? lines lost ……