P.Mich.inv. 258 / Verso

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 258
Processing Number
1605
Section/Side
Recto
Image Side
Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; traces of 3 lines on the Verso
Material
Pap
Size
7.5 x 19.5 cm
Items
1
Lines
34
Mounted
Yes
Negative
Yes
Conservation Status
Broken off on the right side and probably at the bottom; badly damaged along the vertical folds
Palaeographic Description
First hand (l. 1-32): the small and rapid cursive of an accomplished and disciplined scribe; the letters are carefully shaped and regular, and ligatures are frequent; 2nd hand (l. 32-34): the hand of the lessee is less practiced and fluent, with larger letters (McCarren)
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
October 29, 221 A.D.
Origin
Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance
probably Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition
purchased in Egypt by B.P. Grenfell and F.W. Kelsey in March-April 1920
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Aurelius Philotas, son of Taerakleides
Type of Text/Title of Work
Receipt for Advances
Content
Receipt for cattle and a money instalment, given in advance to Aurelius Philotas for the irrigation work he had contracted to do in a vineyard belonging to Aurelia Herais
Persons
Aurelius Philotas, son of P . . . [- - -] and Taerakleides;
Aurelia Herais daughter of Diogenes, exegeteusas (former exegetes of Oxyrhynchus);
Aurelius Er... (or Her...);
Elagabal and Severus Alexander, emperors
Geographica
Oxyrhynchon polis (Oxyrhynchus); Seryphis; ampelikon ktema Nesos kaloumenon
Translation
(Recto)
Aurelius Philotas, son of P. . . [- - -] and Taerakleides, from the city of the Oxyrhynchi, now living in Seryphis, to Aurelia Herais, daughter of Diogenes, former exegete of the same city, through Aurelius Er . . ., greetings. I acknowledge that I have received from you on advance for the service of irrigation of the vineyard called "Nesos" (the Island) near the city, which I have on lease, in accordance with which lease I have (them), cattle with an evaluation of 1500 drachmai, and further retain (them), and, from the items indicated through the same lease, that I received from you likewise for an instalment out of 1500 drachmai the 500 drachmai of the first payment for the present month of Hathyr, and that I will pay back everything in accordance with the lease, but the catle in accordance with the written stipulation concerning them, with the irrigations remaining valid both of this same lease and of the other lease which I have of another of your vineyards, on all the terms which each lease provides, with the right of execution existing from me and from all my property. This document, written in two copies, is valid, and having been asked concerning the fact that these things are right (and) fair, I gave my acknowledgment. Year 5 of the Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Felix and Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar, Augusti, Hathyr 2.
(2nd hand) I, Aurelius Philotas, have received as specified above.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich XVIII McCarren V 1996 792 Pl. XXXVIII McCarren V, PMich XVIII, 792, 1996, Pl. XXXVIII -- -- L. 1: instead of Philotas? apa[t]o?r? m?[etros], read perhaps Philotas P?a?te[- - - me(tros)]; - l. 33-34: instead of Phi[lot]a?s? p?[arei]|leph[a hos] p?[ro]ch?[eitai, read Phi[lot]as P[- - - parei]|leph[a en] proch[reia - - -]. (PH); BL XI, 135 (l. 8, 12, 34); L. 1: instead of Philotas? apa[t]o?r? m?[etros], read perhaps Philotas P?a?te[- - - me(tros)]; - l. 33-34: instead of Phi[lot]a?s? p?[arei]|leph[a hos] p?[ro]ch?[eitai, read Phi[lot]as P[- - - parei]|leph[a en] proch[reia - - -]. (PH); BL XI, 135 (l. 8, 12, 34);

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
B. Kramer, Archiv 44 (1998) p. 329-330

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Institution
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Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
221
Year End
221

Technical Details

Image Size
2871 x 1595
File Size
609 KB
Record
1605
Link to this Item
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