P.Mich.inv. 151 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 151
Processing Number
1454
Section/Side
Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso is blank
Connections
+ P. Mich. inv. 133
Material
Pap
Size
11.9 x 11.1 cm.
Items
2
Lines
1-17
Mounted
Yes
Negative
?
Conservation Status
This light brown papyrus has sustained extensive damage from large worm-holes, and therefore decipherment of the text is extremely difficult.
Palaeographic Description
The left margin is preserved for 11 lines, while the right runs for 16 lines.
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
July 25, 154 A. D.
Origin
Unknown
Provenance
Unknown
Acquisition
purchased in Egypt by B.P. Grenfell and F.W. Kelsey in March-April 1920
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary; contract
Author
M..ter-Senosiris and Metis-Tapsais
Type of Text/Title of Work
Wet-nurse Contract
Content
Contract in which M..ter-Senosiris and Metis-Tapsais agree to nurse a slave-child found in a garbage dump.
Subject Headings
Adoption
family
Persons
M..ter Senosiris,
Psennesis,
Thaesis,
Pisechthis,
Metis-Tapsaeis,
Ps...,
Tbekis
Thaesis
Geographica
-
Translation
"Year 17 of Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius, Mesore 1. M..ter-Senosiris, a Persian, the daughter of Psennesis, her mother being Thaesis, aged 4x, with a scar on the left shoulder, with her guardian being her husband Pisechthis, the son of Psennesis, aged 45, agrees with Metis-Tapsais, the daughter of Psennesis, granddaughter of Ps..., her mother being Tbekis, to nurse the infant slave girl from the garbage dump, whose name is Thaesis, who was entrusted to her by her (Tapsais), for two years, receiving from her each month . . . twelve drachmae. . ."

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
P.Sel.Warga (diss.) Warga RG 1988 8 SB XXII, 15614 Warga RG, P.Sel.Warga (diss.), 8, 1988 -- SB XXII, 15614

Cataloging

Cataloger
TC
Year Begin
125
Year End
125

Technical Details

Image Size
4165 x 4732
File Size
3 MB
Record
1454
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1454/151r.tif

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"P.Mich.inv. 151; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1454/151r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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