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A marriage contract from Oxyrhynchus of the 3rd century AD in which Aurelia Kyrilla gives herself in marriage to Aurelius Pasigones, both of them undertakers. The husband promises to provide for her, and terms agreed before two fellow guild members begin to set out penalties for an unjustified separation, but the text breaks off.
The bride gives herself in marriage rather than being given by a parent, and both parties are entaphiastai, undertakers who prepared bodies for burial. 'Synomophyloi' literally means members of the same tribe or group, here probably fellow members of the undertakers' guild.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as 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.
ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ. ἐξέδοτο ἑαυτὴν Αὐρηλία Κύριλλα Ἰσιδώρου μητρὸς Σινθώνιος ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως Αὐρηλίῳ Πασιγώνει Παεῖτος μητρὸς Ταυῆτος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως, ἀμφότεροι ἐνταφιασταί. συμβιούτωσαν οὖν ἀλλήλοις οἱ γαμοῦντες φυλάσσοντες τὰ τοῦ γάμου δίκαια. ὁ δὲ γαμῶν καὶ ἐπιχορηγείτω τῇ γ…
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