P.Mich.inv. 953 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 953
Processing Number: 3184
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: 49.6 x 27.5 cm
Items: 1
Lines: 12
Mounted: Yes
Negative: Yes
Conservation Status: badly broken along some of the folds
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: 45-46 A.D.
Origin: Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance: Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition: June 1922; Acquired from Nahman through the British Museum
Language: Greek
Genre: Documentary
Author: Herakles, son of Panouris
Type of Text/Title of Work: Sale of Part of a Palm Grove
Content: Subscriptions to a contract by which Herakles, son of Panouris, sells to his wife Beris, daughter of Petearpsenesis, two and one-quarter arourai from a palm garden of three and three-quarters arourai. Provision is made for the existing lease.
Subject Headings: Literacy--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city); Irrigation; Land Ownership; Lease; Sale; Taxation (Land); Woman (& guardian)
Persons: Herakles son of Panouris, husband of Beris;; Beris daughter of Petearpsenesis, wife of Herakles;; (unnamed) sons of Philon;; Claudius, Emperor;; Besimas <or: Zosimas?> son of Apion;; Heron son of Diodoros;; Petearpsenesis son of Herakleides, father and guardian of Beris;; Pompeius son of Patron alias Primus
Geographica: Areos kome, Polemonos meris
Translation: I, Herakles, son of Panouris, acknowledge that I have sold to my wife Beris, daughter of Petearpsenesis, who lives with me in accordance with a written contract, two and one-quarter arourai from the date-palm garden that belongs to me, consisting of three and three-quarter arourai, or as many as there may be, in one parcel, common and undivided, in which there are a storehouse and other plants and all the appurtenances, in the class paying the tax of one sixth, near Areos Kome of the division of Polemon. The neighbors of the entire three and three-quarters arourai are on the south the common entrance and exit, on the north the public dyke and the canal through which the garden is watered, on the west the public dyke and canal, on the east the lots of the sons of Philon and in part the public road. And I have received from you the entire price agreed upon, in full, immediately, from hand to hand, out of the house, and I guarantee the sale with every guarantee, from all public debts and all assessments and the apomoira and the eparourion and the geometria and the naubion tax and all the other required payments from past times up to the present sixth year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, and from private debts and every impost, forver; on condition that there remain valid to Besimas(?), son of Apion, the lease with prepayment, which he made to him, for the said period of the lease with prepayment, as aforesaid. Heron, son of Diodoros, wrote for him because he is illiterate. (2nd hand) Beris, daughter of Petearpsenesis, with my guardian, my father Petearpsenesis, son of Herakleides. The sale was made to me as aforesaid. Pompeius, son of Patron also called Primus, wrote for them because they are illiterate.
Papyri.info Link: https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3184

Information on Publications

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

PMich V Husselman EM 1944 272 Husselman EM, PMich V, 272, 1944

Availability/System Requirements

Institution: sc

Cataloging

Cataloger: PH
Year Begin: 45
Year End: 46

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 4310 x 3367
File Size: 2 MB
Record: 3184
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3184/953r.tif

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Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich V	Husselman EM	1944	272	Husselman EM, PMich V, 272, 1944