P.Mich.inv. 5850 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 5850

Processing Number

2571

Section/Side

Recto

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso is blank

Connections

Duplicate of P.Mich.inv. 5919 + 5838b + 5925

Material

Pap

Size

8.8 x 12.9 cm

Items

1

Lines

21 lines

Mounted

No

Negative

Yes

Conservation Status

broken off on the left side and at the bottom

Palaeographic Description

See electronic version of PMich IX, 568

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

November 26, 92 A.D.

Origin

Arsinoiton polis, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Provenance

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition

30-C123BG4-A (8)

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Taeuemeros daughter of Marcus

Type of Text/Title of Work

Contract Concerning Repayment of a Debt

Content

Acknowledgment made by Taeuemeros, daughter of Marcus, to the soldier Marcus Anthestius Gemellus, that she will repay to him, within five days, some debt contracted several years earlier by Herakleides son of Horion towards Anthestus' mother

Subject Headings

Notaries--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Agriculture--Egypt.

Armies--Rome.

Death.

Debt--Egypt.

Inheritance and succession--Egypt.

Securities lending--Egypt.

Citizenship--Rome.

Women--Egypt.

Soldiers--Rome.

Arsinoë (Fayy-um, Egypt : Extinct city)|

Persons

Domitianus, Emperor;

Taeuemeros daughter of Marcus;

Sarapion son of Sarapion and of Taeuemeros, guardian of his mother;

Marcus Anphestios (Anthestius) Gemellus, stratiotes, son of (unnamed father) and of Thaesis;

Thaesis daughter of Sisois, his mother;

Herakleides son of Horion;

Vespasian, former Emperor

Geographica

Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoiton polis), Arsinoite nome; Itouraioi (Ityraioi); [Karanis]

Translation

Copy.

[The twelfth year of the Emperor] Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, [the 30th of the month Neos Sebastos, in Ptolemais] Euergetis in the Arsinoite nome. [Taeuemeros, daughter of Marcus, about 55 years old with a scar] on her right thumb, with her guardian, her son Sarapion, [son of Sarapion, about 25 years old with a scar] in the middle [of his forehead] beneath the hair, acknowledges to Marcus Anthestius Gemellus, [soldier of the third Ituraean cohort] of the century of Titius, about 35 years old with a scar on the left side of his chin, that she, Taeuemeros, will [perforce] repay [to him, Marcus Anthestius Gemellus, within the five days from] the aforementioned (day), which she has asked him for as indulgence on the loan, the [- - -] silver drachmai owed to the [mother of Anthestius, Thaesis, daughter of] Sisois, while she was still living, by Herakleides, [son of Horion, in accordance with a contract] drawn up through the grapheion of the village of Karanis(?) [in the sixth year of the divine] Vespasianus in the month of Pharmouthi [- - -] the half(?) share of Herakleides near Karanis [- - -] of an olive grove of three and a half arourai [- - -] as stated by the said Herakleides [- - -] four hundred and forty drachmai [- - -] part to Marcus of the aforesaid [- - -] and of what owes Herakleides himself - - -

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich IX	Husselman EM	1971	568	Husselman EM, PMich IX, 568, 1971

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

92

Year End

92

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

2320 x 2980

File Size

920 KB

Record

2571

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