P.Mich.inv. 2899 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 2899

Processing Number

1675

Section/Side

Recto

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto

Connections

P. Mich. inv. 2987 (other copy of the same document)

Material

Pap

Size

18 x 22.4 cm

Items

1

Lines

21

Negative

Yes

Conservation Status

broken off at the left; damaged along the folds

Status

published

Library

Cairo

Contents

Date

December 30, 47 A.D. or December 29, 61 A.D.

Origin

Arsinoiton polis, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Provenance

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition

Found in Courtyard South of Street 5000 in 1924-25

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Tithoues the elder, son of Petaus

Type of Text/Title of Work

Copy of a Will

Content

Copy of a donation in contemplation of death (donatio mortis causa), by which the properties of Tithoues the elder, son of Petaus, are to be divided, after his death, between his wife Tapetsiris, their son and their two daughters

Subject Headings

Distribution of decedents' estates--Egypt--Arsinoë (Fayy¯um : Extinct city)

Family--Egypt--Arsinoë (Fayy¯um : Extinct city)

Land tenure--Egypt--Arsinoë (Fayy¯um : Extinct city)

Home ownership--Egypt--Arsinoë (Fayy¯um : Extinct city)

Guardian and ward--Egypt--Arsinoë (Fayy¯um : Extinct city)

Donkeys--Egypt--Arsinoë (Fayy¯um : Extinct city)

Women--Egypt--Arsinoë (Fayy¯um : Extinct city)

Persons

Claudius or Nero, Emperor;

Tithoues presbyteros, son of Petaus;

Tapetsiris daughter of Pnepheros, his wife;

Petaus, their son;

Thaesis, their daughter;

Tamusthas, their daughter;

Tithoues, son of Petaus, brother of Tithoues presbyteros;

[- - -], brother and guardian of Tapetsiris;

Aphrodisios

Geographica

Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoiton polis); Karanis

Translation

[Year eight of . . . Claudius] Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, the 3rd of the month Dystros, Tybi 3, in Ptolemais [Euergetis of the Arsinoite nome]. Tithoues the elder, son of Petaus, about forty-three(?) years old, with a scar on his right shin, [acknowledges to have divided after his death] to his own children, Petaus, Thaesis and Tamystha, all three born to him [of his wife Tapetsiris, daughter of] Pnepheros, [with whom he lives together (according to the laws)], and to Tapetsiris herself: to his male son Petaus, the [paternal] catoecic allotment of one and a half aroura out of three arourai which the acknowledging party owns jointly and undivided [with his brother, Tithoues, in one] parcel without a village impost(?), which belongs [to the acknowledging party, Tithoues, in the village of Karanis(?)]; and to the same son Petaus also [the half share of his paternal] house which belongs to him, [the acknowledging party, jointly and undivided] and the half [share] which belongs to the same acknowledging party, in Karanis, of maternal building plots, [which the acknowledging party owns jointly and undivided with] his brother, Tithoes; and to the same son Petaus also of the [animals] that belong [to the acknowledging party, Tithoues, a female donkey] and the accompanying female foal; and to the same son Petaus and to his [daughters (Thaesis and Tamystha) in common and equally, to each a] third part, the [miscellaneous] sheep of the flock [with a total number of - - - and the] accompanying lambs and kids which belong to the acknowledging party; the aforementioned wife of the acknowledging party (Tapetsiris) [will be entitled to have the right of occupation of the aforementioned house and] whatever he will leave in the way of utensils and furniture and sums due to him in any [way whatsoever and the revenues] of the parcels of catoecic land which the acknowledging party cultivates from the present [8th year on. In exchange for the resulting] revenues, his wife Tapetsiris will settle [all kinds of debt which] the acknowedging party has [in whatever way, having(?)] the usufruct of them. The products and the revenues of the goods divided to the [children will go to Tapetsiris after having been collected by(?)] Petaus, which goods Tapetsiris will hand over after a period of five years, free from [all] public charges [and every expense - - -] [[disposing of nothing of the goods divided to the children]] [and I appoint her and Aphrodisios as legal(?)] and independant (guardians), and she shall, however, alienate simply nothing on the basis of a disposal [of the goods divided to the children without(?)] the consent [of the heirs(?)]. Tapetsiris, daughter of Pnepheros, about 41 years old, with a scar on her right forearm, with as guardian her brother [- - - about . . . years old, with a scar on his] right [. . .], and Aphrodisios, about 55(?) years old, with a scar on his right shin.

[Year 8 of . . . Claudius Caesar Augustus] Germanicus Imperator, Tybi 3. Registered through the record-office in Ptolemais Euergetis

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1675

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich XVIII	Sijpesteijn PJ	1996	785A	Pl. XXV	Sijpesteijn PJ, PMich XVIII, 785A, 1996, Pl. XXV

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

Uri Yiftach Firanco, Spouses in wills: A diachronic survey (III BC - IV AD), JJP 36, 2006, 153-166 (esp. p.159, n. 31)

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

47

Year End

61

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

2110 x 2725

File Size

765 KB

Record

1675

Link to this Item

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