Donation of property (P.Duk.inv. 728)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Donation of property, [not before 518]
Subject: Husband and wife --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Marriage settlements --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Adultery --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Oaths --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Monasteries --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, top is broken off; 13 x 31 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 12.8 x 30.2 cm.
	15 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto.
	Small lower margin(?); left margin of 2 cm.; small right margin.
	P.Duk.inv. 728 was formerly P.Duk.inv. LK76 1.
	Papyrus donation of property from Egypt. A wife donates
	the third part of a monastery to her husband on condition
	that he does not throw her out as long as she lives
	and as long as she does not commit adultery. Includes
	an oath by God Almighty and the emperor Justinus I or II
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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