Marriage contractPakemis, son of PakemisAPISberkeley.apis.176(CU)176p.tebt.2.3860206;2;386p.tebt;2;3861354213542P.Tebt.0386Pakemis sons of Pakemis acknowledges the loan of the dowry of his wife Tameische�daughter of Sokonopis, and promises to repay it under various conditions.Verso published.Margins: top, 2 cm.; left, 1 cm.; bottom, 6.1 cm.; on verso, in black ink: T 191 (twice).18th year of the Emperor Augustus, 12th of the Egyptian month Payni.Demotic unpublished1400SBancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., BerkeleyDemotic, with signatures in Greek and Demotic1 papyrus ; 30.9 x 10.8 cm.28 lines, on recto along the fibers.On verso: Title of contract.
Greek 2 hands: 1, date and registration (lines 12-13); 2, signature (lines 14-28)
6 June 12 B.C.HerodesHippiasPtolemaiosTameischis, daughter of Sokonopis
House at Tebtunis T191
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishDemotic, with signatures in Greek and DemoticDowryMarriageLoansWivesHieraPolemonos merisContracts, Roman periodRecto.Verso.
(Greek) The 18th year of Caesar, Payni 12, Registered by Herodes, writer of contracts at ... (2nd h.) I, Pakemis son of Pakemis, an inhabitant of Hiera in the division of Polemon, Persian of the Epigone, have received from Tameischis daughter of Sokonopis, my wife, the loan of her dowry with clothing, making 24 drachmas of silver, which I will repay. If a separation between us take place, I will pay it within 30 days from the day on which I receive notice, without any delay or subterfuge, as aforesaid; and I have placed the contract, being valid, in the hands of Ptolemaios. I, Hippias, wrote for him at his request because he stated that he was illiterate.
P.Tebt., II.386; P.L. Bat., v. 9, p. 36 (lines 16-24); Chrest. Mitt., no. 173 On lines 16-17 see BL v. 5, p. 147P.Tebt.:2:386