P.Mich.inv. 4907 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 4907
Processing Number
2340
Section/Side
Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso is blank
Material
Pap
Size
9.8 x 21.4 cm
Items
1
Lines
27
Mounted
No
Negative
Yes
Conservation Status
Broken off on the left and right sides
Palaeographic Description
The 3rd hand is of a slow writer (bradeos graphon)
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
IInd century/IIIrd century A.D. (after 185 A.D.)
Origin
Perhaps Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance
Perhaps Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition
December 1926; Acquired from Dr. Kondilios
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Gaius Aurelius Chairemonianos and his brother
Type of Text/Title of Work
Sale of Two Slaves
Content
Sale of two male slaves, Eutyches and Isidoros, by two Roman citizens to a Roman woman
Persons
[- - -], Emperor (Commodus or one of his successors);
Gaius Aurelius Chairemonianos son of [- - -] and of Claudia Isidora [alias Apia];
[- - Aurelius] son of [- - -] and of Claudia Isidora [alias Apia], brother of Chairemonianos;
Valeria Helenous [- - -];
[- - -], guardian of Valeria Helenous;
Eutyches, (doulos);
Isidoros, (doulos)
[- - -]as
Translation
[Year . . of - - -] Pius Felix [- - -. Gaius] Aurelius Chairemonianos, [. . . years old, with a scar - - -, and - - Aurelius, . . years old, with a scar - -] of the left foot, both [sons of - - -, acknowledge to Valeria Helenous, about] fifty [years old], with a scar on the [. . .] shin, [with her guardian - - -, about] forty-five [years old, with a scar - -, that they have sold to her, Valeria] Helenous, according to this agreement, [from the present unto all time the two slaves that belong to them, that is] Eutyches, about thirty years old [- - - and Isidoros - - -] . . . of Isis, concerning which slave [they have made] the declaration [- - - in the present] day, while Eutyches is [- - -] from their mother Claudia Isidora [also called Apia(?) - - -, slaves] which Valeria Helenous has received [just as they are and unrenounceable, free from epilepsy and external claims; and that they have received] from Valeria Helenous the [price mutually agreed upon in full from hand to hand, that is, for Isidoros, . . . drachmai], and for Eutyches, eight-hundred [. . .] drachmai; [and that they, Gaius Aurelius Chairemonianos and his brother, - - -] Aurelius, and their representatives [will guarantee] with every guarantee to Valeria [Helenous and her representatives the two slaves sold as aforesaid], Isidoros and Eutyches, [and will deliver them unencumbered, not liable to distraint, free of lien, and clear] of every public obligation from the past until the present day, and from private debts and every] claim forever, [nobody having a claim on them or on part of them; and that she and her representatives have possession and ownership on the two] slaves sold to her as aforesaid,[ Isidoros and Eutyches, to use and manage] in any way she may choose. [If they don'tguarantee them or don't deliver them clear (of obligations) as aforesaid or if they] transgress [any of the aforementioned conditions], let them pay to Valeria [Helenous] the price that they have received and the damage and expenses and a penalty of . . . drachmai. The sellers, Gaius Aurelius Chairemonianos and Aurelius asked the formal question, whether] this transaction had been correctly and accurately [done, and the buyer], Valeria Helenous, so declared. (2nd hand) We, Gaius Aurelius [Chairemonianos and Aurelius, both sons of - - -, have sold to Valeria Helenous] the two slaves Eutyches and Isidoros, who are free from epilepsy and external claims, and we have received from her], from hand to hand, [the price for them, that is - - -] and sixty [drachmai], and we guarantee with every [guarantee - - -. I, Gaius Aurelius] Chairemonianos have written also [for] my brother [- - -]. (3rd hand) [I, - - -] have also received [the price] as aforesaid [- - -] as aforesaid. [I, - - -]as, have written [for him because he is illitterate].

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
Aegyptus 59 Sijpesteijn PJ 1979 27-29 Pl. I Sijpesteijn PJ, Aegyptus 59, 27-29, 1979, Pl. I
PMich XV Sijpesteijn PJ 1982 707 Sijpesteijn PJ, PMich XV, 707, 1982 -- BL VIII, 219 (l. 22). - L. 19: read ho]s ean hairet[ai, instead of ho]s hairet[ai. (PH); BL XI, 134; BL VIII, 219 (l. 22). - L. 19: read ho]s ean hairet[ai, instead of ho]s hairet[ai. (PH); BL XI, 134;

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
J.D. Thomas, JEA 72 (1986) p. 223; J.A. Straus, ZPE 104 (1994) p. 228, J. David Thomas, BASP 41 (2004) pp. 139-153.

Availability/System Requirements

Institution
s

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH, MA
Year Begin
100
Year End
299

Technical Details

Image Size
3359 x 5370
File Size
2 MB
Record
2340
Link to this Item
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