P.Mich.inv. 1281 / Recto

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Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 1281

Processing Number

1366

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

20.3 x 29 cm

Items

1

Lines

18

Mounted

No

Negative

No

Conservation Status

complete, but the ink is rubbed along some folds

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

Ist century 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

Psenobastis alias Chales, son of Thebaios

Type of Text/Title of Work

Sale of Part of a Courtyard

Content

Subscription to a contract by which Psenobastis, also called Chales, son of Thebaios, sells to Labesis, son of Labesis, part of a courtyard, consisting of a strip three cubits wide and ten cubits five palaistai long on the east side of the court, and another six and two-thirds cubits by eight cubits five palaistai on the south side of the same court

Subject Headings

Home ownership--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Literacy--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Sales--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Persons

Psenobastis alias Chales son of Thebaios and Tageleus, husband of Taarmiysis;

Labesis son of Labesis and Arsinoe;

Herakles son of Aphrodisios (see P.Mich. II, p. 218; V, p. 381; and add P.Mich. II, 123, Recto, col. XIX, l. 8);

Papnebtynis son of Paanouphis (see also P.Mich. V, 246);

Taarmiysis daughter of Harmiysis, wife of Psenobastis;

Orsenouphis(?) son of Orsenouphis, husband of Thermouthis;

Thermouthis daughter of Mersis, wife of Orsenouphis;

Eutychos presbyteros son of Eutychos (see P.Mich. V, p. 19-21)

Translation

I, Psenobastis, also called Chales, son of Thebaios, my mother being Tageleus, acknowledge that I have sold to Labesis, son of Labesis, his mother being Arsinoe, from the courtyard that belongs to me, three cubits on the east side of the court, within the wall that is in it, extending ten cubits five palaistai from south to north, and on the south side of the same court an area six and two-thirds cubits from south to north, eight cubits five palaistai from west to east, to the total number of cubits, measured with the carpenter's standard wooden cubit; the neighbors being on the south the house of Herakles, son of Aphrodisios, and in part the house of Papnebtynis, son of Paanouphis, on the north the lots of the seller, Chales, on the west the house of Papnebtynis, son of Paanouphis, and in part the lots of the said Chales, on the east the lots of the purchaser, Labesis. And I have received from Labesis the total price agreed upon, in full, from hand to hand, out of the house, and I guarantee the sale with every guarantee from public debts and every impost. My wife Taarmiysis, daughter of Harmiysis, and Orsenouphis(?), son of Orsenouphis, and his wife Thermouthis, daughter of Mersis, consent to the sale and agree not to proceed against it or bring any claim, ad that no one else shall in their behalf, as aforesaid. Eutychos the elder, son of Eutychos, wrote for them because they are illiterate.

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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	306	Husselman EM, PMich V, 306, 1944

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

1

Year End

99

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Record

1366

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1366/1281r.tif content_copy