P.Mich.inv. 1271 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 1271

Processing Number

1355

Section/Side

Second text (Recto, col. III)

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto, col. III; see also recto, col. I-II, and Verso

Connections

Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis

Material

Pap

Size

40 x 28 cm

Items

1

Lines

Recto, col. III - 42

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

broken off on the left side

Palaeographic Description

Recto: medium-sized cursive, resembling that of P.Mich. V, 244 and almost certainly penned by the writer of P.Mich. V, 226; Verso: a sloping cursive different from the hand on the recto (Boak)

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

45-46 A.D.

Origin

Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Provenance

Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition

Acquired from Nahman; reached the University in 1923

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Didymos, son of Maron, and his daughter Herakleia

Type of Text/Title of Work

Agreement not to Prosecute

Content

Rough drafts of two contracts, prepared at the grapheion according to the wishes of the parties; the ages and signalments of the various parties are left blank, and the subscriptions are in the hand of a clerk. The second contract (recto, col. III) is an agreement by which Didymos and his daughter Herakleia pledge themselves not to raise any claims against Patynis, son of Apollonios, on account of a fifth share of a house and courtyard in Tebtynis which they had previously disputed and which Patynis had acquired in some way and had sold to Chrates, son of Harpaesis

Subject Headings

Covenants not to sue--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Literacy--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Guardian and ward--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Women--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Home ownership--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Persons

Didymos son of Maron, father of Herakleia (see P.Mich. V, p. 17-18; 320-321);

Herakleia daughter of Didymos, wife of Haryotes (see P.Mich. V, p. 17-18; 320-321);

Haryotes son of Lysimachos, husband and guardian of Herakleia (see P.Mich. V, p. 16-18; 320-321; add P.Mich. II, 121, recto, col. III, abstracts 3-4?);

Patynis son of Apollonios (see P.Mich. II, p. 227; p. 320-321);

Chrates son of Harpaesis (see also P.Mich. II, 127)

Geographica

Tebtynis, Polemonos meris

Translation

Didymos, son of Maron, about years old, with a scar , and his daughter Herakleia, about years old, with a scar , under the guardianship of her husband Haryotes, son of Lysimachos, about years old, with a scar , make an agreement with Patynis, son of Apollonios, about years old, with a scar , that, since the parties of the first part have had a dispute with Patynis over a fifth part of the 'so-called new' house and courtyard, and its 'entrance' and exit, in Tebtynis of the division of Polemon, which has been sold by Patynis in the past year [[and since consequently the parties of the first part]] in accordance with the contracts affecting property rights which he enjoyed, and since consequently the parties of the first part concur in his remaining rights, they in no wise accuse or shall accuse Patynis or Chrates, son of Harpaesis, who has purchased from him in respect to the aforesaid fifth part in any way. And if they shall prosecute or bring accusation, apart from the prosecution and accusation to be brought on behalf of any of them being invalid, he shall in addition pay to Patynis himself at once both the damages and double the expenses and as a penalty 500 drachmai in silver and an equal sum to the treasury, and nonetheless the terms agreed upon shall be valid, [[Subscription of Patynis]] without diminution of the rights of Didymos and Patynis over the part of other places in another parcel in the same village which each claims to possess.

Subscription:

We, Didymos, son of Maron, and my daughter Herakleia, acting under the guardianship of her husband Haryotes, son of Lysimachos, agree that we shall not prosecute or accuse Patynis in accordance with all the aforesaid. I, Haryotes, wrote for my wife since she is illiterate.

I, Didymos, son of Maron, agree not to prosecute or accuse Patynis in accordance with all the aforesaid.

Papyri.info Link

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Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich V	Edgerton WF-Husselman EM	1944	340, recto, col. III	Edgerton WF-Husselman EM, PMich V, 340, recto, col. III, 1944

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

45

Year End

46

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

4184 x 3415

File Size

2 MB

Record

1355

Link to this Item

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