P.Mich.inv. 274 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 274

Processing Number

1618

Section/Side

Verso

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Verso; Recto unpublished (account of 184-185 A.D.)

Material

Pap

Size

17 x 15 cm + 6.5 x 1 cm

Items

2

Lines

Fragment a: 30;

fragment b: 1

Mounted

Yes

Negative

Yes

Conservation Status

Broken off at the bottom (except that fragment b could be part of the bottom); badly damaged, mainly along the kollesis and vertical fold)

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

(After) 190 A.D.

Origin

Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt

Provenance

probably Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite 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

Calpurnia and Apia alias Theodora, daughters of Gai[- - -] and of Theodora

Type of Text/Title of Work

Agreement Concerning an Inheritance

Content

Agreement concerning part of an inheritance of a certain Zoilos, which he bequeathed to his two granddaughters, but left under the control of their maternal uncle, his son, until they married

Subject Headings

Distribution of decedents' estates--Egypt--Bahnas¯a.

Guardian and Ward--Egypt--Bahnas¯a.

Tax exemption--Egypt--Bahnas¯a.

OlympicszEgypt.

Serapis (Egyptian deity)

Citizenship--Egypt--Antinoöpolis (Extinct city)

Priests--Egypt--Bahnas¯a.

Marriage--Egypt--Bahnas¯a.

Women--Egypt--Bahnas¯a.

Emperor worship--Egypt--Bahnas¯a.

Persons

Calpurnia, daughter of Gai[- - -] (Gaius . . . Serenus?) and of Theodora daughter of Zoilos, wife of Apion

Apia alias Theodora, daughter of Gai[- - -] (Gaius . . . Serenus?) and of Theodora daughter of Zoilos, wife of Chosion;

Apion son of Apollonios, son of Sarapion, and of Saraeus, adoptive daughter of Diogenes son of Sarapion - husband and guardian of Calpurnia (see also S.B. XII, 11228 = P.Yale I, 68, l. 1-2; P.Oxy. III, 507, l. 3-6; P.Coll. Youtie I, 28, l. 21; S.B. V, 7816?);

Chosion son of [- - -]on alias Chosion (= Theon alias Chonsion? see P.Coll. Youtie I, 28, l. 28) and of Thaisous;

Dioskourides son of Zoilos grandson of Dioskourides, Hadrianeios alias Olympeios, ton hieronikon kai atelon, gymnasiarchesas (former gymnasiarchos), archierateusas (former archiereus) ..., neokoros tou megalou Sarapidos ... (see also P.Koeln III, 143, l. 9-12; P.Oxy. VIII, 1110, l. 4-6);

Zoilos son of Dioskourides, son of Hermes, and of Theodora, deceased father of Dioskourides and Theodora

Geographica

Oxyrhynchon polis, Oxyrhyncheiton polis (Oxyrhynchus); Hadrianeios ho kai Olympieios

Translation

Calpurnia and Apia also called Theodora, both daughters of Gai[- - -], their mother being Theodora, from the city of Oxyrhynchus, each with her husband as guardian, Calpurnia with Apion, son of Apollonios, son of Sarapion, his mother being Saraeus, by adoption daughter of Diogenes, son of Sarapion, from the same city, and Apia also called Theodora with Chosion, son of [- - -]on, also called Chosion, his mother being Thaisous, from the same city, to our maternal uncle Dioskourides, son of Zoilos, son of Dioskourides, of the Hadrianic phyle and the Olympian deme, one of the class of victors at the sacred games who are exempt from taxation, former gymnasiarch and former high priest of the lords Augusti and of all the gods of the same city of the Oxyrhynchites, neokoros of the great Sarapis of the Hellenic Sarapeium in the same city, greeting.

Since your father, who is our maternal grandfather, Zoilos, son of Dioskourides, son of Hermes, his mother being Theodora, from the same city of Oxyrhynchus, by means of the sealed testament which he drew up through the office of the public notary in the same city in the 27th year, Tybi, which was unchanged when he died and (then) opened, in addition to the other things that he stipulated for us, wished, upon the condition that you set aside the income from the property belonging to us as indicated by this testament until we marry husbands and that after our marriage for another two(?) years you pay to us, whatever husbands we marry, instead of [- - - and of - - -

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Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich XVIII	Daniel RW	1996	789	Pl. XXXV		Daniel RW, PMich XVIII, 789, 1996, Pl. XXXV -- -- From the writing on the Recto, it is unlikely that fragment b belonged to this piece. (PH)	From the writing on the Recto, it is unlikely that fragment b belonged to this piece. (PH)

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

s

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

190

Year End

190

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

2254 x 2395

File Size

718 KB

Record

1618

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