P.Mich.inv. 204 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 204

Processing Number

1577

Section/Side

Recto

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso is blank

Material

Pap

Size

20.7 x 19.2 cm

Items

1

Lines

1-30

Mounted

Yes

Negative

Yes

Conservation Status

Completely preserved on three sides; only bottom of papyrus is lost. A number of little holes in the papyrus. Ink very faint in three first lines. Upper margin 1.5 cm, left margin approximately 1.5 cm.

Palaeographic Description

Experienced semicursive hands

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

50/51 A.D.

Origin

Kerkesoucha, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt (?)

Provenance

Kerkesoucha, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition

purchased in Egypt by B.P. Grenfell and F.W. Kelsey in March-April 1920

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Pases, son of Sakaon,

Herakles, son of Sokmenis,

Peteeus, son of Pekmeis,

Pnepheros, son of Sakaon,

Pauseiris, son of Stotoetis,

Pekmeis, son of Phanomgeus,

Petesis, son of Pekmeis,

Pekmeis, son of Alexander

Type of Text/Title of Work

Receipt

Content

Receipt of eighteen artabs of wheat equalling the rent of three arouras of grazing land

Subject Headings

Land administration

tax-collection

Persons

Pases, son of Sakaon,

Herakles, son of Sokmenis,

Peteeus, son of Pekmeis,

Pnepheros, son of Sakaon,

Pauseiris, son of Stotoetis,

Pekmeis, son of Phanomgeus,

Petesis, son of Pekmeis,

Pekmeis, son of Alexander,

Hatres, son of Harpagathes,

Ammonios, son of Peteeus,

Harpaesis, son of Harpaesis,

Isidoros, son of Ptolemaios,

Hermogenes, son of Ptolemaios

Geographica

Kerkesoucha, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Translation

"In year 11 of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator ... in Kerkesoucha in the Herakleides division in the Arsinoite nome. Pases, son of Sakaon, ca. 33 years old, with a scar on the left elbow, head of the prosodikoi georgoi of the aforesaid village, and Herakles, son of Sokmenis, ca. forty... years old, with a scar on the little finger of the left hand, and Peteeus, son of Pekmeis, ca. forty years old, with a scar on the left of the forehead, and Pnepheros, son of Sakaon, ca. forty-five years old, with a scar on the right shin, and Pauseiris, son of Stotoetis, ca. 66 years old, with a scar on the little finger on the left hand, and Pekmeis, son of Phanomgeus, ca. 35 years old, with a scar on the left of the forehead, and Petesis, son of Pekmeis, ca. 40 years old, with a scar on the left forearm, and Pekmeis, son of Alexander, ca. 50 years old, with a scar on the right eyebrow, all the nine oldest of the prosodikoi georgoi in the same village acknowledge to Hatres, son of Harpagathes, ca. 50 years old, with a scar on the left forearm, and to Ammonios, son of Peteeus, ca. 55 years old, with a scar on the right eyebrow to have received from them 18 artabs of wheat according to the Dromos-measure, a price which equals that of grass from three arouras of land - or however much it may be - which their cattled has devoured in the course of the 11th year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Germanicus Imperator in the prosodika fields at the same village and at the 5th road of a parcel, farmed by Harpaesis, son of Harpaesis, a deflected prosodikos georgos. Consequently neither the acknowledging party nor their successors have any debt claim against the party of Hatres or their successors as far as the grass in any form is concerned and there will be none. Signatures: for the acknowledging party: Isidoros, son of Ptolemaios, the oldest of the farmers of the same prosodos, ca. 27 years old, with a scar on the left shin; for the party of Hatres: Hermogenes, son of Ptolemaios, ca. 72 years old, with a scar on the left wrist. (2nd hand): We, Pases, son of Sakaon, head of the prosodikoi georgoi of Kerkesoucha, and Herakles, son of Sokmenis, and Peteeus, son of Pekmeis, and Pnepheros, son of Sakaon, and Pauseiris, son of Stotoetis, and Pekmeis, son of Phanomgeus, and Petesis, son of Pekmeis, and Pekmeis, son of Alexander, all nine eldest of the of the prosodikoi georgoi of the aforesaid village acknowledge to have received from Hatres, the son of Harpagathes and Ammonios, the son of Peteeus, 18 artabs of wheat according to the Dromos-measure, equalling the price of grass from three arouras of land - or however much it may be ..."

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.8413

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
ZPE 84	Huebner R	1990	31-7	Taf. II	SB XX 15089	Huebner R, ZPE 84, 31-7, 1990, Taf. II -- SB XX 15089

Cataloging

Cataloger

TC

Year Begin

50

Year End

51

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

6819 x 5412

File Size

2 MB

Record

1577

Link to this Item

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