P.Mich.inv. 427

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Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 427
Processing Number: 2177
Section/Side: Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: Recto; Verso is blank
Connections: -
Material: Pap
Size: 16 x 9 cm.
Items: 1
Lines: 1-11
Mounted: No
Negative: Yes
Conservation Status: This light-brown papyrus is damaged on three sides; only the right margin remains intact. Although the upper margin is badly damaged, it appears to be the beginning of the document. Especially the damage on the left side of the papyrus, where it may be estimated that ca. 27 letters have been lost in the beginning of each line. Four vertical folds still visible.
Palaeographic Description: Written in a cursive and rather regular majuscular hand with elements similar to some in P. Merton II 91 (Jan. 30, 316 A.D.).
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: September 17, 314
Origin: Thmouis, Mendesian nome, Nile Delta, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt (?)
Provenance: Thmouis, Mendesian nome, Nile Delta, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt (?)
Acquisition: purchased in Egypt by B.P. Grenfell and F.W. Kelsey in March-April 1920
Language: Greek
Genre: documentary
Author: unknown
Type of Text/Title of Work: Rent of land and receipt of rent
Persons: Rufius Volusianus, consul,; Petronius Annianus, consul,; Aurelius Panther, son of Hermias,; Aurelius Italus . . .,
Geographica: Thmouis,; Ibion, village of the first pagus of the Mendesian nome,; Paromrakote.
Translation: "Under the consulship of Rufius Volosianus and Petronius Annianus the most illustrious, Thoth 20. Rent . . . of the glorious city of Thmouis. To Aurelius Panther, son of Hermias . . . with the consensus of your uncle on the part of Father Aurelius Italus . . . of the village of Ibion of the first pagus of the Mendesian (nome), greetings. I have let out to you . . . from the current 3rd year indiction18 1/2 arouras or [however many they must be. . . ]of land with cereal on the field called Paromrakote, on the condition that you . . . and that you carry all the surplus that is derived . . . as rent for the annual lease of four artabas of wheat per aroura, in total 74 artabas of wheat per year, which you will deliver to me annually according to the public measure . . . completely and I will give you a receipt. Consequently, I have received from you 4 artabas of wheat . . . for each of my arouras in rent for the lease in the current 3rd year indiction . . ."
Papyri.info Link: https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2177

Information on Publications

Publications: Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections

ZPE 50 Gara A 1983 66-71 SB XVI 13004 (and XVIII, p. 488) Gara A, ZPE 50, 66-71, 1983 -- SB XVI 13004 (and XVIII, p. 488) -- BL IX, 295 (l. 5; 6; 10) BL IX, 295 (l. 5; 6; 10)

Cataloging

Cataloger: TC
Year Begin: 314
Year End: 314

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 6677 x 5410
File Size: 552 KB
Record: 2177
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2177/320v_neg.tif

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Full citation: "P.Mich.inv. 427." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2177/320v_neg.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 26, 2024.

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
ZPE 50	Gara A	1983	66-71	SB XVI 13004 (and XVIII, p. 488)	Gara A, ZPE 50, 66-71, 1983 -- SB XVI 13004 (and XVIII, p. 488) -- BL IX, 295 (l. 5; 6; 10)	BL IX, 295 (l. 5; 6; 10)