P.Mich.inv. 640 / Verso

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 640

Processing Number

2830

Section/Side

Recto + Verso

Image Side

Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto + Verso

Connections

Duplicate of P.Mich. V, 261 (inv. 1270). - Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis

Material

Pap

Size

15.2 x 29.3 cm

Items

1

Lines

Recto - 1 + 47;

Verso - 1

Mounted

No

Negative

No

Conservation Status

ink rubbed from the surface of the papyrus at places along the folds and at the bottom

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

December 26, 35 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

Cheos, son of Harmiysis

Type of Text/Title of Work

Sale of Sacred Land

Content

Contract by which Cheos, son of Harmiysis, sells to Mieus, son of Phomsais, three arourai of sacred land; this copy was intended for incorporation in the records of the grapheion (as shown by l. 1), and bears a brief docket on the verso.

Subject Headings

Administration

Literacy--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Land Ownership

Land Status

Notary

Illegitimacy--Egypt

Sale

Taxation (Land)

Persons

Tiberius, Emperor;

Cheos son of Harmiysis and Thaesis (see P.Kron., p. xx);

Mieus son of Phomsais = Pomsais (see also P.Mich. V, 238, l. 103);

Orsenouphis son of Horouanchious = Anchious (see also P.Mich. II, p. 224; V, p. 389);

Marcus Iulius Hyllos;

Psosneus son of Tapesouris (former owner) (see also P.Mich. V, 301-302?);

Thaesis daughter of Psosneus, mother of Cheos;

Herakles (alias Orseus?) son of Herodes;

Ischyrion son of Patron;

Orseus (= Herakles alias Orseus son of Herodes?)

Geographica

Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome; kyte (koite?) legomene

Translation

(Recto)

(For the composite) roll.

The twenty-second year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, Peritios 30, Choiak 30, in Tebtynis in the division of Polemon of the Arsinoite nome. Cheos, son of Harmiysis, about twenty-five years old, with a scar on his left thumb, acknowledges to Mieus, son of Phomsais, about forty years old, with a scar on his right shin, that he has sold to him the sacred land that belongs to him by inheritance from his father, three arourai, or as many more as there may be. The neighbors are on the south the allotment of Orsenouphis, son of Horouanchious, on the north the allotment of Marcus Iulius Hyllos, on the west the so-called quarters, on the east the allotment formerly belonging to Psosneus, son of Tapesouris. Cheos acknowledges that he has received from Mieus the whole price agreed upon in full, from hand to hand, out of the house, and that he and his representatives will guarantee to Mieus ad his representatives the provisions of the sale with every guarantee, from all public debts and all imposts and the naubion tax and the artab tax, and surtaxes and the village impost and all other charges levied for former times up to the past twenty-first year and for the past twenty-first year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, and from private encumbrances aand every claim forever. His mother, Thaesis, daughter of Psosneus, about forty years old, with a scar on her right knee, consents to the sale and agrees not to proceed against it. The signatory of the acknowledging parties is Herakles, son of Herodes, about fifty years old, with a scar on his right wrist; of the other, Ischyrion, son of Patron, about twenty-five years old, with a scar in the middle of his forehead beneath the hair.

(2nd hand) I, Cheos, son of Harmiysis, acknowledge that I have sold to Mieus, son of Pomsais, the sacred land belonging to me by inheritance from my mother (sic), three arourai or as many as there may be, and all the appurtenances in Tebtynis; the neighbors being on the south (the allotment of) Orsenouphis, son of Anchious, on the north (the allotment of) Hyllos, on the west the quarters, on the east the allotment formerly belonging to Psosneus, son of Tapesouris. And I have received {and I have received} the price in full and guarantee the sale from all public debts and from the artab tax and naubion tax, and from every impost for former times up to the past twenty-first year and for the past twenty-first year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus. My mother, Thaesis, daughter of Psosneus, consents as aforesaid. Orseus wrote for them because they are illiterate.

(3rd hand) Mieus, son of Phomsais. The sale was made to me as aforesaid. Ischyrion, son of Patron, wrote for him because he is illiterate.

(Verso)

Agreement (of sale) of 3 arourai of sacred land, (made) by Mieus, son of Phomsais to Cheos (sic).

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2830

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich V	Husselman EM	1944	260	Husselman EM, PMich V, 260, 1944
PKron	Foraboschi D	1971	48	Foraboschi D, PKron, 48, 1971

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

35

Year End

35

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

4608 x 3480

File Size

2 MB

Record

2830

Link to this Item

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