P.Mich.inv. 656 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 656

Processing Number

2875

Section/Side

Recto

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso is blank

Connections

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

Material

Pap

Size

24.9 x 28 cm

Items

1

Lines

1 + 9

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

complete

Palaeographic Description

1st hand: see also P.Mich. V, 323

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

April-March, 46 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

Haryotes, son of Herodion

Type of Text/Title of Work

Receipt for Part of a Dowry

Content

Subscription to a deed by which Haryotes, son of Herodion, acknowledges the receipt of 100 silver drachmai from his wife Taorsenouphis, daughter of Aphrodisios, as an additional gift beyond the dowry and the parapherna received previously; in case of separation the money is to be returned. The transaction is recorded in the grapheion registers P.Mich. II, 128, col. III, l. 5; V, 240, l. 26

Subject Headings

Dowry--Egypt--Tebtynis (Extinct city)

Ethnicity

Literacy--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Marriage--Egypt--Tebtynis (Extinct city)

Iranians--Egypt

Woman (& guardian)

Persons

Haryotes (presbyteros) son of Herodion, husband of Taorsenouphis, Perses tes epigones (see also P.Mich. V, 323);

Taorsenouphis daughter of Aphrodisios, wife of Haryotes;

Eutychos son of Orsenouphis, kinsman and guardian of Taorsenouphis

Translation

(At the top) Official copy. 6th year of Claudius, month Germanikeios.

I, Haryotes, son of Herodion, a Persian of the epigone, acknowledge that I have received from my present wife who lives with me, Taorsenouphis, daughter of Aphrodisios, straightway, from hand to hand, out of the house, as an additional gift on her own behalf, a dowry of one hundred drachmai of coined silver, and I will treat her as my wedded wife; and, if a separation from each other shall occur, I will give back the aforesaid hundred drachmai of silver. The alimentary contract for the other dowry of money and the paraphernon, which you have from me, for which my parents give joint security, shall remain valid for you, Taorsenouphis, and all the conditions specified in it shall be valid, and I will do everything as aforesaid.

(2nd hand) Taorsenouphis, daughter of Aphrodisios, with her guardian, me, her kinsman Eutychos, son of Orsenouphis. The acknowledgment was made to me as aforesaid. I, Eutychos, wrote for her because she is illiterate, and I have been appointed her guardian.

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2875

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich V	Husselman EM	1944	339	Husselman EM, PMich V, 339, 1944 -- BL VIII, 213 (l. 2)	BL VIII, 213 (l. 2)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

P.Ups.Frid., p. 26-27

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

46

Year End

46

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

3480 x 4608

File Size

2 MB

Record

2875

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2875/656r.tif content_copy

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Manifest

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:2875:656R.TIF content_copy