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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 2217
Processing Number
1589
Section/Side
Recto + Verso
Image Side
Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto + Verso
Connections
+ P.Mich.inv. 508 + P.Ryl. IV, 612
Material
Pap
Size
P.Mich.inv. 508 + 2217: 18.5 x 11 cm; P.Ryl.: 7.6 x 6.5 cm
Items
1 + 2 (+ 1)
Lines
P.Mich. inv . 508 + 2217:
recto - 16 ("scriptura exterior")
verso - 7 (subscriptions)
P.Ryl. IV, 612 - 13 ("scriptura interior")
Mounted
Yes
Negative
Yes
Conservation Status
P.Mich.inv. 508 + 2217: broken off on the left and at the bottom; upper right corner also missing. It is not clear whether the sealed copy (of which P.Ryl. IV, 612 is a fragment) was written above or below it.
Palaeographic Description
The hand is a flowing one, very different from that of the official bureaux; use of the tilda or accent over the long O (Marichal)
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
(2nd half of the) IInd century A.D.
Origin
Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance
Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition
November 1924
Language
Latin
some subscriptions in Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
[- - -] Nomissianus & Marcus Petronius Servillius
Type of Text/Title of Work
Marriage Contract
Content
Marriage contract by which Nomissianus gives his daughter Zenarion in marriage to Marcus Petrionus Servillius; the text, which mostly follows the Romanusage, but enumerates the dowry, in the manner of Greek marriage contracts, was written twice on a single sheet of papyrus: one of the two copies was then rolled and sealed by the seven witnesses.
Persons
[- - -] Nomissianus, father of Zenarion (= Gaius Antistius Nomissianus [cf. P.Phil. 11] or Lucius Ignatius Nemesianus [cf. P.Diog. 10] ?);
Zenarion daughter of [- - -] Nomissianus, wife of Marcus Petronius Servillius;
Marcus Petronius Servillius, husband of Zenarion;
Heraida (Herais), slave of [- - -] Nomissianus and Zenarion;
Marcus A[- - -] [- -]golenus(?);
Marcus Varius [- - -]nus;
Titus Flavius Iulianus (see also P.Diog. 6-7?);
Lucius Valerius Loikretanas (Lucretianus) (see P.Diog., p. 100-101);
Publius M[- - -] [- -]thinos
Geographica
Philadelphia; Cor[- - -] (locus)
Translation
(P.Mich.inv. 508 + 2217, recto: scriptura exterior)
[- - -] Nomissianus [in accordance with the Julian law], which has enacted concerning marriage arrangements, has given his maiden daughter [Zenarion] in marriage for the sake [of begetting children] and M. Petronius Servillius [has taken her as his wife]; and to him [he has promised and has given (by way) of dowry everything that is written below for] the same, above-mentioned (daughter): of land inherited from his father near the village of Philadelphia, [two and one-half] and one-quarter iugera of catoecic land in the place Cor[- - -, and in] the same village, [three and a half (iugera)] of sandy land inherited from his father, [for the half . . . ] used as vine land; and in gold objects a very long earring [(of the weight) of two and one-half quarters and some necklaces (of the weight) of one and one-half quarters, total 4 quarters, and one pair of [silver] . . . 7 staters in weight, and in clothing by valuation a tunic and a light mantle and a Scyrian cloak for the value of 430 Augustan drachmai, and a Heratianon, and a striped garment(?), and a bronze Venus and a bronze flask (of the value) of 48 Augustan drachmai, and a mirror and a chest . . . and two oil flasks and another flask in weight 7(?) 1/4 minae, and a small wooden box, an easy chair, a perfume box, a basket, and the paternal slave Heraida, and as additional gifts, a tunic and old light mantle. Likewise M. Petronius Servillius also said that he himself had contributed as dowry gifts of his own two paternal iugera of grain land located near the village [of Philadelphia] in the place [- - -]
(P.Ryl. IV, 612: scriptura interior)
[- - - Nomissianus] in accordance with the Julian law, [which has enacted concerning marriage arrangements, has given his] maiden [daughter] Zenarion in marriage for the sake of begetting [children and M. Petronius Servillius has taken her as his wife]; and to him he has promised and has given (by way) of dowry everything [that is written below for the same, above-mentioned (daughter)]: of land inherited from his father [near the village of Philadelphia], two and one-half and one-half <read: one-quarter> iugera [of catoecic land in the place Cor- - -, and in the same village], three and a half (iugera) [of sandy land inherited from his father], for the half [. . . used as vine land; and in gold objects a very long earring] (of the weight) of two and one-half quarters and some necklaces [(of the weight) of one and one-half quarters, total 4 quarters, and one pair of silver . . . ]7 staters in weight, and in clothing by valuation [a tunic and a light mantle and a Scyrian cloak for the value of 430 Augustan drachmai], and as additional gifts, a tunic and an [old] light mantle, [and a Heratianon, and a striped garment(?), and a bronze Venus] and a bronze flask (of the value) of 48 drachmai, [and a mirror and a chest . . . and two oil flasks and another flask] in weight 7 1/4 minae, [and a small wooden box, an easy chair, a perfume box, a basket, and] the paternal [slave] Heraida. [Likewise M. Petronius Servillius also said that he himself had contributed as dowry gifts of his own two paternal iugera of grain land located] near the village of Philadelphia [in the place - - -]
(P.Mich.inv. 508 + 2217, verso)
(2nd hand) [- - -]
(3rd hand, in Greek) I, Marcus [- - -] . . ., have sealed.
(4th hand, in Greek) I, Marcus Varius(?) [- - -], have sealed.
(5th hand, in Greek) I, Titus Flavius Iulianus, have sealed.
(6th hand, in Greek) I, Lucius Valerius Lucretanas, have sealed.
(7th hand, in Greek) I, Publius M[- - -] [- -]thinos, have sealed.
(8th hand, in Latin) [I, - - -], have sealed.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
TAPA 69 Sanders HA 1938 104-116 Pl. I,II Sanders HA, TAPA 69, 104-116, 1938, Pl. I,II
F.I.R.A. III. Negotia Arangio-Ruiz V 1943 17 Arangio-Ruiz V, F.I.R.A. III. Negotia, 17, 1943

Information on Publications--Further Republications

Further Republications
Rep_Editor - Sanders HA; Rep_Ser. - PMich VII; Rep_Year - 1947; Rep_Pg_No - 434
Rep_editor - Roberts CH - Turner EG (with help by Sanders HA - Youtie HC); Rep_Ser. - P.Ryl. IV; Rep_Year 1952; Rep_Pg_No 612
Rep_Editor - Cavenaile R; Rep_Ser - CPL; Rep_Year - 1957; Rep_Pg_No - 208-209
Rep_Editor - Bruckner A-Marichal R; Rep_Ser - ChLA IV; Rep_Year - 1967; Rep_Pg_No - 249

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
150
Year End
200

Technical Details

Image Size
3678 x 4606
File Size
2 MB
Record
1589
Link to this Item
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