P.Mich.inv. 4008 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 4008
Processing Number
2132
Section/Side
Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso is blank
Connections
-
Material
Pap
Size
12.2 x 14.5 cm
Items
1
Lines
1-19
Mounted
No
Negative
Yes
Palaeographic Description
Semi-cursive and easy to read
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
364 A.D.
Origin
Small Oasis, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt
Provenance
Small Oasis, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt
Acquisition
March 1925; Acquired from Nahman lot from Oxyrynchus
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Flavius Lalachios
Type of Text/Title of Work
Letter
Content
Agreement to the terms for settling a dispute over property
Persons
Flavius Lalachius, centurio,
Flavius Lalachos, centurio,
Aurelii Pelios & Kanopos + the other sons,
(Aurelios) -onios,
Aurelia -is, daughter of Hiereus
Geographica
castra of the Small Oasis,
Moumpsa, village
Translation
"In the consulship of our lords Jovinianus, eternal Augustus, for the first time, and Varronianus, the most noble.
Flavius Lalachios, centurio of the castra of the Small Oasis, residing in the same Oasis, to Flavius Lalachos, centurio of the same castra, and to Aurelii Pelios and Kanopos and the other sons, and (Aurelios) -onios, through the persons signed below, greetings. Because Aurelia -is, daughter of Hiereus, my deceased wife, being a relative of yours, left to me just before her death the vineyard in the village Moumpsa along with the fields and the waters and all sorts of plants which belong to it and (because), after I had taken possession of it, you raised a dispute towards me, Lalachios, [not (?) in the] second indiction, but in the seventh indiction, on the grounds that a larger measurement in arourae were imposed upon you than was the proportionate share for the (registered) name of her father, Hiereus, son of Ammon (), since you have agreed to a settlement, I acknowledge, swearing by God the almighty and the piety of our lord Jovinianus, the eternal Augustus, that in your presence in the Oasis the proportionate share for this name in epinemesis of whatever is the measurement in arourae in accordance with the census has come to an accurate calculation and if something will turn out ..."

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
ZPE 105 Gagos T-Sijpestein PJ 1995 245-52 Pl 6 SB XXII, 15768 Gagos T-Sijpestein PJ, ZPE 105, 245-52, 1995, Pl 6 -- SB XXII, 15768 -- Bagnall, JJP 33 (2003), pp. 17-25 (interpretation) Bagnall, JJP 33 (2003), pp. 17-25 (interpretation)

Cataloging

Cataloger
TC
Year Begin
364
Year End
364

Technical Details

Image Size
4224 x 4775
File Size
3 MB
Record
2132
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2132/4008r.tif

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