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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 966
Processing Number
3196
Section/Side
Recto, col. II
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso (and Recto, col. I): grapheion accounts
Connections
Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis; see also note
Material
Pap
Size
original size: 310 x 28 cm
Items
1
Lines
Recto, col. II - 49
Mounted
Yes
Negative
No
Conservation Status
Long roll broken at the right end, which was cut in seven pieces when housed into glass. - At the folds of the roll deep indentations have been worn from both edges toward the center of the sheet (the damage is most important in the right part of the roll). - The sheet bearing col. I of the recto and col. XI-XII of the Verso was attached to the rest after these columns had been written
Palaeographic Description
medium-sized business hand (same as in P.Mich. II, 122)
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
(After) August 23, 46 A.D. (Recto, col. II-XXII)
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
Kronion son of Apion
Type of Text/Title of Work
Register of Documents Prepared at the Grapheion
Content
Recto, col. II-XXII presents a financial register (anagraphe) of all the documents drawn up day by day in the record-office (grapheion) of Tebtynis during the 6th year of the Emperor Claudius; the writing fee (grammatikon) charged for the preparation of each document is indicated, and periodic summaries of the income and disbursements of the record office are given (See also the accounts of expenditures made by the grapheion official contained in Recto, col. I, and Verso, col. I-XII). - Recto, col. II records the documents drawn up between Sept. 5-20(?), 45 A.D. (lines 5-25 are duplicated in P.Mich. II, 125, l. 10-28)
Subject Headings
Archives--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Receipts (Acknowledgments)--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
650:Donkeys--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Contracts for work and labor--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Payment--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Debtor and creditor--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Marriage--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Land tenure--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Dowry--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Landlord and tenant--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Sales
zEgypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Drachma.
Cattle
zEgypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Grain--Taxation--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Slaves--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Scribes--Fees--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Apprentices--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Irrigation--Egypt--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Duty--Egypt
zTebtunis (Extinct city)
Looms--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Persons
Claudius, Emperor;
Herakleides (son of Pateroous) (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 15);
Stotoetis (son of Petearpsenesis) (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 15);
Ptolemaios (son of Diodoros) (& unnamed wife) (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 16);
Herodion (son of Lysimachos) (see also P.Mich. II, 123, verso, col. VIII, l. 19; 25; and P.Mich. II, 125, l. 16);
[- - -]onopis (& unnamed husband: Kollouthos) (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 17);
Orseus (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 17);
Soueris (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 18);
Kronion (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 18);
(another?) Kronion (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 19);
Horion (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 19);
Papontos (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 20);
Didyme (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 20);
Phemnasis (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 21);
Menemachos (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 21);
Paas (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 22);
Venustus, (slave) of Primigenes (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 22);
Primigenes, (slave) of the Emperor Claudius (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 22);
Harphaesis (Harpaesis) (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 24);
Apion, sitologos (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 25);
Papnebtynis (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 26);
Diodoros;
Thermoutharion;
Onnophris (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 28);
Sisenxis (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 28);
(another?) Orseus (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 10);
Ptollis (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 10);
Leonides (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 11);
Mysthas (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 11);
Kastor, kapelos(?) (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 12);
Mieus;
Konyphis;
Kasias;
Psyphis;
Orsenouphis (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 13);
Epenetos (Epainetos) (see also P.Mich. II, 125, l. 13);
Tephersos;
Horos son of Onnophris;
[- - - son/daughter] of Beeis;
Heronas;
Maron;
Ischyrion;
Mesoueris;
Nepheros;
Herakleitos;
Petesouchos son of Apoulas;
Kronion (son of Apion?);
Theneraklea;
Heraklas;
Herakleios;
Papontos, gerdios;
Mieus son of Belles;
Psosneus son of Andronikos;
Kados;
Maronion;
Orseus, Ibionites;
Demas;
Eutychides;
Psentamieus;
(another?) Ischyrion;
(another?) Onnophris;
Tatephersos;
(another?) Orsenouphis;
Tetenouphis;
Didymos;
Harpaesis (& unnamed wife);
(another?) Mieus;
Narkissos;
Haryotes son of Orsenouphis;
Psyphis son of - - -;
Marsisouchos son of Phabos;
(another?) Papontos;
Apollonios;
Thenpetsoykis;
Peteesis
Geographica
Ibionites
Translation
To the good fortune. Register of the sixth year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus imperator, month Sebastos 8.
[Agreement] of obligation to remain in service (paramone) for the sum of 24 drachmai, (made) by Herakleides to Stotoetis. (Fee:) 6 oboloi.
[On the 9th. Acknowledgment] of deposit of 248 drachmai, (made) by Ptolemaios and his wife to Herodion. (Fee:) 6 drachmai.
Acknowledgment of receipt of a maintenance, (made) by [- - -]onopis and her husband to Orseus. (Fee:) 4 drachmai.
[On the 10th. Acknowledgment] of receipt of rent and . . . of farming, (made) by Soueris to Kronion. (Fee:) 10 obols.
[Agreement of sale of cattle], (made) by Kronion to Horion. (Fee:) 6 drachmai, of which 4 drachmai were paid.
[On the 12th. Acknowledgment (of receipt)] of a dowry of 32 drachmai, (made) by Papontos to Didyme. (Fee:) 6 obols.
[Acknowledgment (of receipt)] of a dowry of 28 drachmai, (made) by Phemnasis to Menemachos. (Fee:) 6 obols.
Written declaration concerning a copy of a letter, (made) by Paas and [others] to Venustus, (slave) of Primigenes, (himself slave) of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator. (Fee:) 21 obols.
Another written declaration to the same, (made) by Harphaesis and others concerning the grain delivered to the sitologos Apion. (Fee:) 21 obols.
Another written declaration, (made) by Papnebtynis and another, concerning the guarding of feeding-places. (Fee:) 3 obols.
Alimentary contract, (made) by Diodoros to Thermoutharion, (in exchange) of a dowry of 1,000 drachmai. (Fee:) 8 drachmai.
Memorandum (concerning the receipt of) a dowry of 16 silver drachmai, (made) by Onnophris to Sisenxis. (Fee:) 7 obols.
On the 14th. Agreement of sale of looms, (made) by Orseus and another to Ptollis and another. (Fee:) 20 obols.
On the 16th. Lease of pasture lands, for a rental (paid) on account(?), (made) by Leonides to Mysthas and another. (Fee:) 4 drachmai 6 obols.
Written declaration, (made) by Kastor, retail-dealer(?), to Mieus. (Fee:) 6 obols. And (to) Konyphis, and Kasias, and Psyphis.
Petition, (made) by Orsenouphis and others to Epenetos. (Fee:) 4 drachmai.
[- - -] of release of claims, (made) by Tephersos to [- - -] and another. (Fee:) 20 obols.
Sale(?) of 2 parts of - - -, (made) by Horos son of Onnophris to - - -. (Fee:) 4 drachmai 6 obols.
Return, [(made) by - - - son/daughter] of Beeis. (Fee:) 7 obols.
Lease of green crops and others, (made) by Heronas and others to Maron. (Fee:) 4 drachmai.
Agreement of division(?) of property, (made) by Ischyrion to Mesoueris. (Fee:) 2 drachmai.
Agreement for mechanical irrigation, (made) by Mesoueris to Ischyrion. (Fee:) 2 drachmai.
On the 18th. Lease of 6 1/2 arourai, (made) by Nepheros and another to Herakleitos. He owes the scribe's fee.
Return, (made) by Petesouchos son of Apoulas. Gratis, through Kronion.
Acknowledgment of receipt of a dowry of 200 drachmai, (made) by Theneraklea to Heraklas and another. (Fee:) 8 drachmai.
Contract of apprenticeship, (made) by Herakleios to Papontos, a weaver. (Fee:) 21 obols.
Return, (made) by Mieus son of Belles. (Fee:) 5 obols.
Return, (made) by Psosneus son of Andronikos. Gratis, through Kronion.
Memorandum, (made) by Kados to Maronion. Gratis, through both (grapheion officials?).
Draft of a written declaration, (made) for Orseus of Ibion through Demas. (Fee:) 3 obols.
Agreement of mortgage on 4 arourai for 500 silver drachmai, (made) by Eutychides to Psentamieus. (Fee:) 8 drachmai.
Total: 76 drachmai 6 obols.
On the 19th. Acknowledgment of receipt of 19 artabai of wheat, (made) by Ischyrion to Onnophris. (Fee:) 14 obols.
Agreement of cancellation of a debt of 100 drachmai, (made) by Tatephersos to Orsenouphis. (Fee:) 4 drachmai.
Agreement to furnish lodging for the sum of 24 drachmai, (made) by Orsenouphis to Tetenouphis. (Fee:) 6 obols.
Loan of 24 drachmai, (made) by Didymos to Harpaesis and his wife. (Fee:) 7 obols.
On the 20th. Return of Mieus and Narkissos, (concerning) 16 arourai. (Fee:) 16 obols.
Memorandum, (made) by Haryotes son of Orsenouphis. (Fee:) 2 obols.
On the 21st. Written declaration concerning the taking over of donkeys, (made) by Psyphis son of - - - and Marsisouchos son of Phabos. (Fee:) 15 obols.
Loan of 52 silver drachmai, (made) by Papontos to Apollonios. (Fee:) 6 obols.
Acknowledgment of receipt of a dowry of 20 drachmai, (made) by Thenpetsoykis to Papontos. (Fee:) 7 obols.
On the 23rd(?). [Lease] of 2 arourai of a vineyard, (made) [by - - - to] Peteesis.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich II Boak AER 1933 123, Recto, col. II Boak AER, PMich II, 123, Recto, col. II, 1933 -- BL IV, 53 (l. 9); BL VIII, 211 (bibliography); BL X, 122 (l. 17). - Between l. 39 and 40, in right margin, read (ginontai) (drachmai) 76 (oboloi) 6. (PH) BL IV, 53 (l. 9); BL VIII, 211 (bibliography); BL X, 122 (l. 17). - Between l. 39 and 40, in right margin, read (ginontai) (drachmai) 76 (oboloi) 6. (PH)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
S. Kapsomenos, E.E.Thess. 7 (1957) p. 339-340; B. Kramer, ZPE 97 (1993) p. 133, n. 18.

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PH
Year Begin
46
Year End
46

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Record
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