One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 38164
Opening invocation of a marriage and dowry contract TM 38164Arsinoites oder HerakleopolitesVI (?)
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A fragment from the invocation that opened a Christian marriage and dowry contract, calling on the Virgin Mary, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist and all the saints and martyrs. It probably dates to the 6th century AD and comes from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome.
In English machine translation
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[…] leading (?) all that is spoken and done, and of our Lady the Mother of God and ever-virgin Mary, and of saint John the Forerunner and Baptist, and of saint John the Theologian and Evangelist, and of the whole choir of the saints and prize-winning martyrs, the present marriage and dowry contracts are drawn up and made […]
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Only part of the religious preamble survives; the names of the parties and the terms of the marriage are lost. The opening phrase probably belongs to an invocation of God or Christ as 'guide' of all that is said and done.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as chrest.mitt.290_I). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
cpr.1.30_Fr1
[… ? lines lost …] ἡγουμένων τῶν λαλουμένων τε καὶ πραττομένων καὶ τῆς δεσποίνης ἡμῶν τῆς θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ προδρόμου καὶ βαπτιστοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ θεολόγου καὶ εὐαγγελιστοῦ καὶ παντὸς τοῦ χοροῦ τῶν ἁγίων τε καὶ ἀθλοφόρων μαρτύρων…