P.Mich.inv. 6551 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 6551
- Processing Number
- 2871
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 18.5 x 10 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 13
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- broken off at the top; much damaged
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- November 5, 143 A.D.
- Origin
- Unknown place, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- 33-B556K-A (2)
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Chairemonis daughter of [- - -]
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Marriage Contract
- Content
- Marriage contract in the form of a bank draft, by which is acknowledged that the husband has received his wife's dowry
- Subject Headings
- Bank
- Antenuptial contracts--Egypt--Karania (Extinct city)
- Dowry--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Marriage
- Woman (& guardian)
- Persons
- Antoninus Pius, Emperor;
- Chairemonis, daughter of [- - -], granddaughter of Sokrates;
- Sarapion son of Seuthes, her guardian [and relative(?)];
- Pasion [son of - - -], her husband
- Geographica
- [- - -]
- Translation
- [Copy of a draft] from the [bank of - - -. Year] 7 of Imperator [Caesar Titus] Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus [Augustus Pius], Hathyr 7. Chairemonis [daughter of - - - granddaughter of] Sokrates with, as guardian [her relative(?)] Sarapion son of Seuthes to Pasion [son of - - -]: (it is acknowledged) that he has received from Chairemonis a dowry upon herself of forty silver drachmai [and] a white tunic worth twenty drachmai. And they will live together with each other, Pasion supplying her with all that is necessary and with clothing as befits a married woman in proportion to his means; and when a separation takes place, Pasion will return to Chairemonis the afore-mentioned dowry and the tunic in the same valuation.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2871
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections ZPE 34 Sijpesteijn PJ 1979 119-122 Sijpesteijn PJ, ZPE 34, 119-122, 1979 PMich XV Sijpesteijn PJ 1982 700 Pl. IX Sijpesteijn PJ, PMich XV, 700, 1982, Pl. IX
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 143
- Year End
- 143
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3632 x 4843
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2871
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2871/6551r.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 6551; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2871/6551r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.