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Fragmentary excerpts from contracts recorded at Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoite nome), apparently involving a dowry and a loan of silver drachmas to be repaid to a certain Theon. The parties are described by age and physical marks, as was usual in contracts of the period.
Parapherna are the bride's personal goods brought into the marriage beyond the dowry proper; 'Persian of the epigone' is a legal-status designation used in contracts, especially loans.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[fragment pg49,n3] […]φερνὴν καὶ παράφερνα οἷα ἐὰν ἐγβῇ ἐκτῆς τρίψεως […]ω Διονυσίῳ ὡς ἐτῶν μβ οὐλαὶ προσώπῳ […] […]Πέρσῃ τῆς ἐπιγονῆς ὡς ἐτῶν μδ ἀσήμῳ ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς[…] […]μετὰ τὴν προθεσμίαν ἀποδώσειν τῷ Θέωνι τὰς προκειμένας ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς[…] […]ἀπὸ ἀμφόδου Ἑρμουθιακῆς ὡς …
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