P.Mich.inv. 966 / Recto

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Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 966

Processing Number

3202

Section/Side

Recto, col. VII

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. VII - 51

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. VII records the documents drawn up between Nov. 12-25, 45 A.D.

Subject Headings

Archives--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)|vCatalogs.

Wheat--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Leases--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Debt--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Contracts--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Dowry--Egypt--Tebtynis (Extinct city)

Nursing--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Anvils--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Donkeys--Buying--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Receipts (Acknowledgments)--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Cattle--Economic aspects--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Lodging-houses--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Looms--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Distribution of decedents' estates--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Beer--Taxation--Egypt--Kerkesis (Extinct city)

Orchards--Economic aspects--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Rent--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Salt

--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Shepherd

Seeds--Egypt--Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city)

Acanthus mollis

Loans--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Slaves--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Persons

Kronion;

Psosneus;

Onnophris;

Iucundus;

Hermas;

Hatres, heiaireus (hiereus) (& others);

Maron;

Galates;

Lysas;

Didyme;

Tasoykis, wife of Harmaeis;

Harmaeis (Harmais), husband of Tasoykis;

Komon;

(another?) Galates;

Harmiysis;

Heronas;

(another?) Harmiysis;

Horion;

(another?) Onnophris;

Orsenouphis;

Terepsaeis (Terepsais);

Tephersos (& unnamed parents);

Tatephersos;

Orseus;

Herakleides;

Herodes;

Kollauthis;

Modestus;

Petesouchos;

Papnebtynis, father of Apynchis;

Apynchis, son of Papnebtynis (see also P.Mich. II, 123, Recto, col. XI, 5);

Thenmaron;

Mieus;

Cheos (& unnamed wife);

Herakles;

Kollouthos (& unnamed sons & wife);

Pakebkis;

(another?) Maron;

Heraklas;

Seras;

Tapetsoykis;

(another?) Psosneus;

Eutychides;

(another?) Mieus;

Peteeus, halopoles (& colleague);

Taopis;

Pasis;

Orseus son of Phasos (see also P.Mich. II, 121, recto, col. IV, abstract 12; XII, 634?);

(another?) Herakles;

(another?) Didyme;

(another?) Heraklas;

Kronion alias Lucius son of Artemidoros (collector of the beer tax at Kerkesis);

(unnamed) strategos;

Kronides (& unnamed son) (collectors of the beer tax at Tebtynis);

Tamieus, wife of Petesouchos;

(another?) Petesouchos, husband of Tamieus;

Maeis, pymen (poimen);

Pynchis;

(antoher?) Papnebtynis (& unnamed wife);

Patynis;

(another?) Kronion (& unnamed brothers);

(another?) Kronion;

Issyamis;

Taaryos;

[- - -]sotis (same as the following?);

Asou[- - -] (same as the preceding?);

Herak[- - -];

Heraklas, doulos

Geographica

Kerkesis; Tebtynis; Kerkesoucha Orous

Translation

Agreement [of - - -] of 88 silver drachmai and 5 1/2 artabai of wheat, (made) by Kronion [to - - -]. (Fee:) 4 drachmai.

On the 16th (of Neos Sebastos). Agreement [of - - -] of 24 silver drachmai, (made) by Psosneus [to - - -]. (Fee:) 5 obols.

Lease of 3 arourai, (made) by Onnophris to [- - -]. Gratis, through both (grapheion officials).

Lease of 12 arourai, (made) by Iucundus to Hermas. (Fee:) 14 obols.

Lease of 9 1/2 arourai, (made) by Hatres and other priests to Maron. Maron owes the scribe's fee.

[[Agreement (of - - -) of 4 arourai, (made) by Galates and Lysas to Didyme. (Fee:) 2 drachmai.

Agreement of nursing (a slave child) and (agreement) of loan of 110 silver drachmai, (made) by Tasoykis and her husband Harmaeis to Komon. (Fee) for both (documents): 4 drachmai.

On the 17th. Lease of as many arourai as there may be, (made) by Galates to Harmiysis. (Fee:) 18 obols.

On the 18th. Agreement of sale of an anvil, (made) by Heronas to Harmiysis. (Fee:) 9 obols.

Lease of 10 arourai, (made) by Horion to Onnophris. (Fee:) 21 obols.

Acknowledgment (of receipt) of a dowry of 40 silver drachmai, (made) by Orsenouphis to Terepsaeis. (Fee:) 14 obols.

Contract for a dowry of 200 silver drachmai, (made) by Tephersos and her parents to Tatephersos. (Fee:) 8 drachmai.

Agreement of sale of a donkey foal, (made) by Orseus to Herakleides. (Fee:) 6 obols.

Contract for a dowry of 400 silver drachmai, (made) by Herodes to Kollauthis. (Fee:) 12 silver drachmai.

(Total) up to the 18th: 145 silver drachmai.

On the 19th. Lease of cattle for a rental of 240 drachmai, (made) by Modestus to Petesouchos. (Fee:) 14 obols.

Agreement of sale of a loom, (made) by Papnebtynis to his son Apynchis. (Fee:) 8 obols.

Acknowledgment of receipt of a dowry as cancellation (of a debt) of 100 drachmai, (made) by Thenmaron to Mieus. (Fee:) 20 obols.

Agreement to furnish lodging and of a loan of 80 silver drachmai, (made) by Cheos and his wife to Herakles. (Fee:) 18 obols.

Agreement of division (of property), (made) by Kollouthos to his sons and his wife. (Fee:) 8 drachmai.

Lease of 9 arourai of fodder, (made) by Pakebkis to Maron. Maron owes the scribe's fee.

Agreement (of - - -) of 8 1/2 artabai of wheat, (made) by Heraklas to Seras. (Fee:) 7 obols.

Agreement of release of claims, (made) by Tapetsoykis to Psosneus. (Fee:) 8 obols.

Lease of an orchard and of another (land), (made) by Eutychides to Psosneus and Mieus. (Fee:) 18 obols.

Payment of a rental of 208 drachmai, (made) by Peteeus and another, dealers in salt. (Fee:) 14 obols.

On the 21st. Acknowledgment of receipt of a dowry of 60 silver drachmai, (made) by Taopis to Pasis. (Fee:) 17 obols.

Lease of 1 1/2 arourai of green fodder, (made) by Orseus, son of Phasos, to Maron. Maron owes the scribe's fee through Orseus, son of Phasos. (Fee:) 1 obol.

On the 24th. Alimentary contract for a dowry of 140 silver drachmai, (made) by Herakles to Didyme. (Fee:) 4 drachmai 9 obols.

Petition of Heraklas. (Fee:) 1 obol.

On the 25th. Written declaration, (made) by Kronion also called Lucius, son of Artemidoros, to the strategos, concerning a tribute of 1,204 drachmai (from the collection) of the beer tax at Kerkesis. (Fee:) 14 obols.

Written declaration, (made) by Kronides and his son to the strategos, concerning a tribute of eight-thousand two-hundred drachmai, which is 1 talent 2,200 drachmai, (from the collection) of the beer tax at Tebtynis. (Fee:) 4 drachmai.

Agreement to furnish lodging and of a loan of 120 silver drachmai, (made) by Tamieus and her husband Petesouchos to Mieus. (Fee:) 5 drachmai.

To Maeis, a shepherd, the price of an hemikollion (of writing material?), unwritten. (Price:) 1/2 obol.

Lease of 2 1/2 arourai of fodder, (made) by Pynchis to Maron. Maron owes the scribe's fee.

On the 27th. Agreement to furnish lodging and of a loan of 100 drachmai, (made) by Papnebtynis and his wife to Patynis. (Fee:) 4 drachmai.

Written declaration of the seeds of Kerkesoucha Orous. (Fee:) 4 drachmai.

(Total) 49 drachmai 1 1/2 obols. Equals 194 drachmai.

On the 28th. Agreement of division of part of a house and of slaves, (made) by Kronion to his brothers. (Fee:) 16 drachmai.

Agreement concerning an offer of bearsfoot (akanthos), (made) by Kronion to . . . and Issyamis. (Fee:) 4 drachmai.

Agreement for nursing a slave child (named) Thenamounis, (made) by Taaryos [to - - -]sito(--), (and)

on the 29th, loan of 120 silver drachmai, (made) by Asou[- - - to - - -]. (Fee) for both (documents): [- - -]

Agreement of sale of the slave Heraklas, (made) by Herak[- - - ]

(Traces of 3 more lines)

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Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich II	Boak AER	1933	123, Recto, col. VII	Boak AER, PMich II, 123, Recto, col. VII, 1933 -- BL III, 108 (l. 36); BL X, 122 (l. 45). - L. 25: read ekstase(os) instead of ekthese(os). (PH)	BL III, 108 (l. 36); BL X, 122 (l. 45). - L. 25: read ekstase(os) instead of ekthese(os). (PH)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

H.C. Youtie apud L.C. West-A.C. Johnson, Currency in Roman and Byzantine Egypt (Princeton, 1944) p. 65, n. 1; B. Kramer, ZPE 97 (1993) p. 133.

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Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

46

Year End

46

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

3885 x 3306

File Size

2 MB

Record

3202

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