P.Mich.inv. 1930 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 1930

Processing Number

1547

Section/Side

Recto

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso is blank

Connections

-

Material

Pap

Size

19.4 x 12.5 cm.

Items

1

Lines

1-14

Mounted

No

Negative

Yes

Conservation Status

This medium-brown papyrus is regularly cut off at all sides except the top. The papyrus has suffered some damage, mainly in its top half. (TC)

Palaeographic Description

The contract proper is written in an awkard hand which slopes lightly to the left. The signature is written in a fluid and clear hand. There is a paragraphos at the end of the contract and another at the end of the signature.

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

end of IIIrd century A.D.

Origin

Herkaleopolite nome, province of Egypt

Provenance

Herkaleopolite nome, province of Egypt (?)

Acquisition

November 1924

Language

Greek

Genre

documentary

Author

Aurelius Aion and Aurelius Pharitas

Type of Text/Title of Work

a sale of land

Content

This papyrus contains the latter part of an acknowledgement of a sale of two and a half arouras of land for the price of 370 drachmas by two brothers, Aurelius Aion and Aurelius Pharitas. The contract ends with the usual guarantees, including the guarantee of the prior right of payment to the fiscus. The signature, written by a scribe for the illiterate brothers, includes the stipulation that the past taxes in grain and money remain the responsibility of the sellers, with no time limit specified.

Subject Headings

Literacy--Egypt.

650:Contracts--Egypt.

Brothers-- Egypt|.

Land use, Rural--Egypt.

Grain--Egypt.

Persons

Aurelius Aion, son of Pachois and Tanetbeus,

Aurelius Pharitas, son of Pachois and Tanetbeus,

Aurelius Amois alias Sarapion.

Geographica

-

Translation

" . . . (free from . . . ) and any other cessions or other transactions and from any plaintiff or claimant from this day forward. They have given their full guarantee that if they violate these terms, they will be liable to the penalty stipulated for breach of contract, and the terms of the acknowledgement will nonetheless be valid. This instrument has been drawn up at their risk, and the right to first payment belongs to the fiscus without prejudice to public or private interests. They have been questioned about the legality and fairness of these terms and have given their assent. This sale is valid.

(2nd hd.)We, Aurelius Aion and Aurelius Pharitas, both sons of achois, our mother being Tanetbeus, have sold the aforementioned two and a half arouras, and we have received the price of 370 drachmas in full and will give our full guarantee; the public payments in grain and money and all other payments are our responsibility as the party of Aion. We have been questioned and have given our assent. I, Aurelius Amois, also called Sarapion, wrote for them since they are illiterate."

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1547

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
BASP 13	Gignac FT	1976	45-7	Plate	SB XIV 11703	Gignac FT, BASP 13, 45-7, 1976, Plate -- SB XIV 11703 -- BL IX, 276 (provenance)	BL IX, 276 (provenance)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

P.Neph. 29, introd.

Cataloging

Cataloger

TC

Year Begin

250

Year End

299

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

5629 x 3827

File Size

3 MB

Record

1547

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1547/1930r.tif content_copy

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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:1547:1930R.TIF content_copy