P.Mich.inv. 1275 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 1275

Processing Number

1360

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

28.3 x 29.5 cm

Items

1

Lines

41

Mounted

No

Negative

No

Conservation Status

slightly damaged along some folds

Palaeographic Description

4th hand: unskilled hand of a slow-writer

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

August 28, 47 A.D.

Origin

Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Provenance

Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition

Acquired from Nahman; reached the University in 1923

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Didymos & his 4 brothers, sons of Herakleides (the younger)

Type of Text/Title of Work

Sale of Part of a House

Content

Contract by which five sons of Herakleides (the younger) sell to Tamaron, daughter of Herakleides, a seventh share of half of a house, which share was first inherited by a sixth brother, Lysimachos, who had died childless

Subject Headings

Family--Egypt.

Home ownership--Egypt.

Inheritance and succession--Egypt.

Deeds--Egypt.

Sales--Egypt.

Arsinoë (Fayy¯um : Extinct city)--Surveys.

Women--Egypt.

Notaries--Egypt.

Persons

Didymos son of Herakleides (neoteros) (see P.Mich. V, p. 17-18);

Heroides (Herodes) son of Herakleides (neoteros) (see P.Mich. V, p. 17-18);

Herakleides son of Herakleides (neoteros), husband of Arsinoe (see P.Mich. V, p. 17-18);

Maron son of Herakleides (neoteros) (see P.Mich. V, p. 17-18);

Heraklas = Herakleides alias Louris son of Herakleides (neoteros) (see P.Mich. V, p. 17-18);

Tamaron daughter of Herakleides (see P.Mich. V, p. 332);

Lysimachos son of Herakleides (neoteros) - deceased (see P.Mich. V, p. 17-18);

Herakleides (neoteros, son of Maron) - deceased (see P.Mich. V, p. 17-18);

Didymos son of Maron, brother of Herakleides neoteros (see P.Mich. V, p. 17-18);

Asklas;

Kastor son of Lysimachos (& unnamed brothers) (see also P.Mich. V, 232?);

Claudius, Emperor;

Arsinoe daughter of Didymos, wife of Herakleides (see P.Mich. V, p. 17-18)

Geographica

Euergetis (Arsinoiton polis), Arsinoite nome; Tameion (amphodon) kaine legomene

Translation

We, Didymos and Herodes and Herakleides and Maron and Herakleides, also called Louris, all five sons of Herakleides, acknowledge that we have sold to Tamaron, daughter of Herakleides, from the present day, forever, the seventh share of the half of a house and yard and all the appurtenances, held in common and undivided by us and by Didymos, the brother of our dead father Herakleides, in the metropolis, Euergetis, of the Arsinoite nome, near the Treasuries quarter, that is called New, the share sold being that which belonged to Lysimachos, our brother by the same father and mother, who died childless and intestate. The neighbors of the whole house and yard are on the south the so-called old house and yard of Didymos, son of Maron, on the north the royal road, on the west the house of Asklas, on the east the house of Kastor, son of Lysimachos, and his brothers. And we have received from Tamaron the whole price agreed upon, in full, at once, from hand to hand, out of the house, and we guarantee the sale on mutual security wit every guarantee from both public and private liabilities and from every claim forever. We shall also present ourselves, recording for you, Tamaron, the sale of the aforesaid seventh part of the aforesaid house and yard of the aforesaid Lysimachos, through a six-witness document of the record-office in the metropolis, whenever you order it, no one receiving anything at all on account of our having received the price from you previously as aforesaid. If we do not do this, or if we do not abide by these conditions, we will pay you the price which we received from you, increased by one half and with the interest, and a fine of one thousand drachmai, and the same amount to the treasury; Tamaron, nevertheless, incurring no loss in the matter of the guarantee devolving upon us for the things we sold her before according to the contracts which we made with her. This chirograph shall be valid wherever produced and for everyone who produces it. The seventh year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, the fifth intercalary day of the month Kaisareios.

(2nd hand) I, Herodes, son of Herakleides, acknowledge that I have joined in selling the aforesaid seventh share of the aforesaid house and courtyard in the metropolis, and in receiving the price and guaranteeing the sale with every guarantee. And also I shall submit myself whenever you order it, confirming the sale through the <record office> in the metropolis without any subterfuge or evasion. If I do not do it, I shall join in paying the aforesaid fine, Tamaron suffering no loss with respect to the other guarantee incumbent upon me and the aforesaid for what we have previously sold. This chirograph shall be valid wherever produced and for everyone who produces it. The seventh year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, the fifth intercalary day of the month Kaisareios.

(3rd hand) I, Herakleides, son of Herakleides, acknowledge that I have joined in selling the aforesaid seventh share of the half share of the aforesaid house and courtyard in the metropolis, and in receiving the price and guaranteeing the sale with every guarantee. And also I will submit myself, whenever you order it, recording the sale for you, together with the aforesaid persons, through whatever archives in the metropolis you wish, and receiving nothing at all, and I will submit my wife, Arsinoe, daughter of Didymos, to give her consent, also receiving nothing at all. If I do not do this, I will pay the aforesaid fine. This chirograph shall be valid everywhere produced and for anyone producing it, Tamaron receiving no loss with respect to the guarantee devolving upon me for what we sold her previously in accordance with the contract we made with her. The seventh year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, the fifth intercalary day of the month Kaisareios.

(4th hand) I, Maron, son of Herakleides, acknowledge that I have joined in selling the aforesaid seventh share of the half share of the aforesaid house and court in the metropolis, and in receiving the price and guaranteeing the sale with every guarantee. And in addition I will submit myself whenever you shall order me, recording the sale for you, together with the aforesaid persons, through whatever archives in the metropolis you wish, receiving nothing at all, and I will submit my wife, Arsinoe, daughter of Didymos (sic), to give her consent, likewise receiving nothing at all. If I do not do this, I will pay the aforesaid fine. This chirograph shall be valid everywhere produced and for anyone producing it, Tamaron receiving no loss with respect to the guarantee devolving upon me for what we sold her previously in accordance with the contract we made with her. The seventh year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, the fifth intercalary day of the month Kaisareios.

(5th hand) I, Herakleides, also called Louris, son of Herakleides, acknowledge that I have joined in selling the aforesaid seventh share of the half share of the aforesaid house and court in the metropolis, and in receiving the price and guaranteeing the sale with every guarantee. And I will also submit myself, whenever you order it, recording the sale together with the aforesaid persons, through whatever archives in the metropolis you wish, receiving nothing at all as aforesaid.

Papyri.info Link

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Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich V	Husselman EM	1944	276	Husselman EM, PMich V, 276, 1944 -- L. 11: read tei touton (for ti touton), instead of pe<r>i touton. (PH)	L. 11: read tei touton (for ti touton), instead of pe<r>i touton. (PH)

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Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

47

Year End

47

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

3284 x 3342

File Size

1 MB

Record

1360

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