P.Mich.inv. 634 / Recto

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P.Mich.inv. 634

Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 634
Processing Number: 2817
Section/Side: Recto
Image Side: Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: Recto; Verso is blank
Connections: Duplicate: P.Mich. V, 267 (inv. 651). - Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis
Material: Pap
Size: 34.7 x 29 cm
Items: 1
Lines: 14 + 1
Mounted: Yes
Negative: No
Conservation Status: damaged along some folds
Palaeographic Description: The writing is angular and somewhat irregular, but clear (Husselman)
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: 41-42 A.D.
Origin: Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance: Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition: 1921, Acquired by Kelsey from Nahman in Cairo
Language: Greek
Genre: Documentary
Author: Herodes alias Orseus the younger, son of Herodes
Type of Text/Title of Work: Cession of Catoecic Land
Content: Subscriptions to a contract by which Herodes, also called Orseus the younger, son of Herodes, sells to Didymos the elder, son of Lysimachos, a catoecic allotment of three arourai near Tebtynis
Subject Headings: Cession; Ethnicity; Literacy--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city); Irrigation; Land Ownership; Land Status; Taxation (Land)
Persons: Herodes alias Orseus neoteros son of Herodes grandson of Herodes alias Isidoros, Makedon;; Didymos presbyteros son of Lysimachos, komogrammateus (see P.Mich. V, p. 16-17);; Kronion son of Eirenaios;; Psabotos son of Apollonios (& metochoi);; Claudius, Emperor;; Sokrates son of Sokrates
Geographica: Makedon; Tebtynis
Translation: I, Herodes, also called Orseus the younger, son of Herodes, son of Herodes also called Isidoros, a Macedonian of the katoikoi, acknowledge that I have ceded to Didymos the elder, son of Lysimachos, to him and to his heirs and assigns, for transference, from the present day foreverm the catoecic allotment near Tebtynis, that belongs to me by inheritance from my father, consisting of three arourai, or a many as there may be, in one parcel. The neighbors are on the south the allotment of the purchaser Didymos, on the north that of Kronion, son of Eirenaios, on the west the barren land with the canal by which the allotment is watered between, on the east the allotment of Psabotos, son of Apollonios, and his associates. I shall draw up the customary documents for the transfer and cession of the property to Didymos through the catoecic record office. And I have received from Didymos the sum fixed for the cession in full, and I guarantee it with every guarantee from all public debts and charges and naubion taxes and the artab tax and the arithmetikon and surtaxes and price of the land and the village impost and fines and everything else demanded from the past up to and including the first year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator; and I guarantee it from private encumbrances and every claim forever as aforesaid. Sokrates, son of Sokrates, wrote for him, because he is illiterate.; (2nd hand) Didymos, the elder, son of Lysimachos. The cession was made to me as aforesaid.; (3rd hand) Herodes, about 37 years old, with a scar on his left calf. Didymos, 48 years old, with a scar on the 1st finger of his left hand. Sokrates, 35 years old, with a mole above his right eyebrow.
Papyri.info Link: https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2817

Information on Publications

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

PMich V Husselman EM 1944 268 Husselman EM, PMich V, 268, 1944 -- L. 15: read in the description of Sokrates: phak(os) hyp(er) ophr(yn) dex(ion), instead of o(ule) . . . . . . . . (PH) L. 15: read in the description of Sokrates: phak(os) hyp(er) ophr(yn) dex(ion), instead of o(ule) . . . . . . . . (PH)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography: Tomasz Derda, ARSINOITHS NOMOS. Administration of the Fayum under Roman Rule, Warsaw 2006, p.150, 225

Availability/System Requirements

Institution: sc

Cataloging

Cataloger: PH
Year Begin: 41
Year End: 42

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 3932 x 3445
File Size: 2 MB
Record: 2817
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2817/634r.tif

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Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich V	Husselman EM	1944	268	Husselman EM, PMich V, 268, 1944 -- L. 15: read in the description of Sokrates: phak(os) hyp(er) ophr(yn) dex(ion), instead of o(ule) . . . . . . . . (PH)	L. 15: read in the description of Sokrates: phak(os) hyp(er) ophr(yn) dex(ion), instead of o(ule) . . . . . . . . (PH)