P.Mich.inv. 1972 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 1972
Processing Number
1561
Section/Side
Recto + Verso
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto + Verso
Connections
-
Material
pap
Size
17.6 x 6.8 cm
Items
1
Lines
1-31
Mounted
No
Negative
No
Conservation Status
Papyrus is regularly cut at the left where 1 cm has been left free. Two vertical folds are still visible.
Palaeographic Description
Cursive typical of the Roman period.
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
November 15, 249
Origin
Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt (?)
Provenance
Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt (?)
Acquisition
November 1924
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Aurelius Heras, son of Diogas
Type of Text/Title of Work
Contract
Content
Labour contact to build a boat
Persons
Caesar Gaeus Messius Quintus Decius Trajanus Pius Felix Augustus, emperor,
Aurelius Heras, son of Diogas
Geographica
-
Translation
Verso: "- - - and I shall give each shipbuilder monthly one artaba of wheat and - - - each one monthly x choichix (-kes) of - - - each one will be given monthly one kotyle of good olive oil and - - -period one keramion and I acknowledge that I have received as an arrha x drachmas which will be spent in part for daily wages. Starting from the present month Hathyr of the present 1st year I shall start to work for you until a discharge of obligations in full is reached and I shall hand over the boat in acceptable and good condition without any technical blame while you have the right of execution upon me and upon all my possessions. The lease is normative and in answer to the formal question I gave my consent. Year 1 of Imperator Caesar Gaeus Messius Quintus Decius Trajanus Pius Felix Augustus, Hathyr 19. I, Aurelius Heras, son of Diogas, have taken upon me to build the afore mentioned boat and I have received as an arrha x drachmas and I shall provide pay each month and I shall hand the boat over as written above and in answer to the formal questions I gave my consent. - - -"
Recto: Too fragmentary for translation.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
ZPE 111 Sijpesteijn PJ 1996 159-62 Plate 1. Sijpesteijn PJ, ZPE 111, 159-62, 1996, Plate 1.

Cataloging

Cataloger
TC
Year Begin
249
Year End
249

Technical Details

Image Size
3107 x 4769
File Size
2 MB
Record
1561
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1561/1972r.tif

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