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Divorce agreement between Paous and Tesenouphis TM 9423Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)20. Febr. 44

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A divorce agreement from Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum, dated 20 February AD 44, in which Paous son of Paous and his former wife Tesenouphis, acting with her kinsman Satabous as guardian, declare their marriage dissolved and renounce all claims against each other. Tesenouphis acknowledges receiving back her dowry and personal property.

In English machine translation

Mecheir 25. In the fourth year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, on the twenty-fifth of the month Mecheir, in Soknopaiou Nesos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. Paous son of Paous, about 25 years old, with a scar on the left of the forehead, acknowledges to his former wife Tesenouphis daughter of Onnophris, about 20 years old, with a scar on the left calf, with as her guardian her kinsman Satabous son of Herieus, about 30 years old, with a scar on the right calf, that they have dissolved their life together, which had been established for them according to a marriage contract, and that they neither make nor will make any claim against each other concerning any matter whatsoever […] and Tesenouphis has received the dowry in silver which Paous owes her and the paraphernalia […] to Tesenouphis […] […] [… 2 lines lost …]

Paraphernalia (parapherna) were the wife's personal goods brought into the marriage in addition to the dowry (pherne). The parties are identified by age and distinguishing scars, as usual in contracts of this period.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Scheidungsurkunde). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 20. Febr. 44 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

Μεχὶρ κε ἔτους τετάρτου Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος μηνὸς Μεχὶρ πέμπτῃ καὶ εἰκάδι ἐν τῇ Σοκνοπαίου Νήσῳ τῆς Ἡρακλίδου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ. ὁμολογεῖ Παοῦς Παοῦτος ὡς ἐτῶν εἴκοσι πέντε οὐλὴ μετώπῳ ἀριστερῷ τῇ γεγενημένῃ αὐτοῦ γυναικὶ Τεσενο…