Marriage Contract
Description
A contract of marriage between Sarapion son of Eudaemon and Thais daughter of Sarapion, written on the recto of P.Oxy.34, the important edict of Flavius Titianus concerning archives. The chief clauses are: 1. Specification of a) the dowry of Thais, comprising various articles of jewelry and dress and 1800 drachmae provided by her father, and a female slave presented by her grandmother, b) the property brought into the common stock by Sarapion; 2. conditions of divorce; 3. provisions in case of the decease of either party.
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 20632.
Each record below describes this same ancient text from a different angle.
- chrest.mitt.287 DDbDP-text Oxyrhynchos19. Apr. 127
- Marriage Contract HGV-meta Oxyrhynchos19. Apr. 127
- p.oxy.1.34r DDbDP-text Oxyrhynchos19. Apr. 127
- p.oxy.3.496 DDbDP-text textOxyrhynchos19. Apr. 127
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Cross-references (5)
- TM-Text 20632 primary
- APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.1739 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;3;496 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy.3.496 tier-1
- HGV-Text 20632 tier-1
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