P.Mich.inv. 653 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 653

Processing Number

2863

Section/Side

Recto + Verso

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto + Verso

Connections

Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis

Material

Pap

Size

15 23.5 cm

Items

1

Lines

Recto - 16;

Verso - 2

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

nearly complete, somewhat damaged along the folds

Palaeographic Description

The first hand is a sloping cursive, with some letters indistinctly written; the 2nd and 3rd are upright cursives; the 4th hand is in a rather small cursive, but the letters in the 5th hand are irregularly placed uncials. (Boak)

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

August 26, 41 A.D.

Origin

Arsinoiton polis, 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

Kallikrates son of Isidoros and other agents of the bank

Type of Text/Title of Work

Bank Receipt for Money Tax

Content

Receipt issued to Harmais alias Pelkis, son of Harmais, for payment of the transfer tax on the purchase of a half share of a house at the bank of the nomarchy at Arsinoiton polis to the farmers of the tax in the nomarchy

Subject Headings

Bank

Family

House ownership

Sale

Taxation

Persons

Claudius, Emperor;

Tiberius Iulius Heron;

Lucius Vecellius Cinyra;

Serapion;

Ptolemaios (see Geographica);

Harmais alias Pelkis son of Harmais;

Petesouchos (son of Harmais), brother of Harmais alias Pelkis;

Kallikrates son of Isidoros;

Philotas

Geographica

Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoiton polis), Arsinoite nome; Ptolemaiou nomarchia; Tebtynis, Polemonos meris

Translation

(Recto)

(1st hand) The first year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, in the month Kaisareios, on the 3rd intercalary day. Paid into the bank of the nomarchy in Ptolemais Euergetis of the Arsinoite nome for the agents of Tiberius Iulius Heron, Lucius Vecellius Cinyra and Serapion of the nomarchy of Ptolemaios, by Harmais, also called Pelkis, son of Harmais, as tax on a half share of a three-story house and a court in Tebtynis in the division of Polemon (bought) from his brother Petesouchos, of which the measurements and adjoining properties are set forth in the contracts. 60 drachmai on 600(?).

(2nd hand) I, Kallikrates, son of Isidoros, have signed it. The 1st year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, in the month Kaisareios, the 3rd intercalary day.

(3rd hand) I, Philotas, have signed it.

(Verso)

(4th hand) The 1st year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator.

(5th hand) I have signed it.

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2863

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich V	Boak AER	1944	235	Boak AER, PMich V, 235, 1944 -- L. 4-5: read Tiberiou, instead of Spoeriou (for Spouriou). (PH)	L. 4-5: read Tiberiou, instead of Spoeriou (for Spouriou). (PH)

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

41

Year End

41

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

3480 x 4608

File Size

2 MB

Record

2863

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2863/653r.tif content_copy

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