P.Mich.inv. 3238 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 3238
- Processing Number
- 1900
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Connections
- -
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 7.2 x 18 cm.
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 1-25
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- This piece of papyrus is almost complete. It is regularly cut at all sides except at the bottom, where the papyrus has broken off; furthermore, the right edge has been cut very close to the last letter of each line. (TC)
- Palaeographic Description
- This text is written by three experienced writers. The first hand contributed ll. 1-9 which contains the date, the place, and the word omologei ("swears"). The second hand wrote the body of the contract, using a finer-pointed pen and a more cursive style of writing. The subscription at the end of the text, written by a hypographeus for the seller, is in a hand considerably more rapid and extremely cursive.
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- January 30, 155 A.D.
- Origin
- Kerkesoucha, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Kerkesoucha, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- November 1925; Acquired from Brummer
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- documentary
- Author
- Pnepheros, son of Pnepheros
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- sale of donkey
- Content
- This text preserves the sale of a donkey at Kerkesoucha in the Arsinoite nome. The donkey is sold by Pnepheros, son of Pnepheros, to Souchas, son of Pnepheros. The price for the donkey was 224 silver drachmas.
- Persons
- Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius;
- Pnepheros, son of Pnepheros;
- Souchas, son of Pnepheros;
- Neilos;
- Geographica
- Kerkesoucha;
- Herakleides meris;
- Arsinoite nome;
- Translation
- "The eighteenth year of the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, the 5th of the month Xandikos-Mecheir, at Kerkesoucha in the meris of Herakleides of the Arsinoite nome. (2nd hd.) Pnepheros, son of Pnepheros, about 55 years of age, with a scar on the little finger of the left hand, of Kerkesoucha, acknowledges to Souchas, son of Pnepheros, grandson of Petesouchos, about 35 years of age, with a scar on the right eyebrow, that he has sold to him a black female donkey, which has shed its foal-teeth, irrevocably. He has received the price, two hundred twenty-four silver drachmas. The acknowledging party is Neilos.
- (3rd hd.) I, Pnepheros, son of Pnepheros, have sold (the donkey), as aforesaid. I, Neilos, have written for him because he does not know letters."
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1900
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections Scriptiun Posteriores II Youtie HC 1982 694-6 SB XVI 12559 Youtie HC, Scriptiun Posteriores II, 694-6, 1982 -- SB XVI 12559
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC
- Year Begin
- 155
- Year End
- 155
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2967 x 4606
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 1900
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1900/3238r.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 3238; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1900/3238r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 02, 2024.