P.Mich.inv. 4389 / Recto

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P.Mich.inv. 4389

Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 4389
Processing Number: 2197
Section/Side: Recto
Image Side: Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: Recto; Verso is blank
Material: Pap
Size: 23.7 X 7.9 cm
Items: 1
Lines: 33
Mounted: No
Negative: Yes
Conservation Status: complete; slightly damaged along a fold
Palaeographic Description: See electronic version of PMich IX, 551
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: September 5, 103 A.D.
Origin: Kerkesoucha, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance: Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition: 25-5026F-C
Language: Greek
Genre: Documentary
Author: Ammonios son of Severus
Type of Text/Title of Work: Sale of a Donkey
Content: Contract for the sale of a male donkey colt by Ammonios son of Severus to the veteran Gaius Valerius Longus, for the sum of 280 drachmai.
Subject Headings: Notaries--Egypt--Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city); Donkeys--Egypt--Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city); Literacy--Egypt--Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city); Citizenship--Rome.; Bills of sale--Egypt--Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city); Veterans--Rome.; Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city)
Persons: Traianus, Emperor;; Ammonios son of Severus;; Gaius Valerius Longus, apolusimos apo stratias;; Straton son of Kleon;; Diodoros son of Apollonios
Geographica: Kerkesoucha, Herakleidou meris of the Arsinoite nome; Nilou (Neilou) polis of Herakleopolite nome
Translation: The seventh year of the Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, the seventh of the month of Sebastos, in Kerkesoucha in the division of Herakleides of the Arsinoite nome. Ammonios, son of Severus, about 30 years old, with a scar above his left eyebrow, from Nilopolis in the Herakleopolite nome, acknowledges to Gaius Valerius Longus, discharged from military service in the legion, about 47 years old, with a scar on his left eyebrow, that he has sold to him a male donkey colt that has not shed its first teeth, mouse-colored, not subject to rejection. The acknowledging party has received as the price two hundred and eighty drachmai of silver in full from hand to hand. He guarantees. Signatories are, of the acknowledging party, Straton, son of Kleon; of the other, Diodoros, son of Apollonios.; (2nd hand) I, Ammonios, son of Severus, have sold as aforesaid. I, Straton, son of Kleon, wrote for him because he is illiterate.; (3rd hand) I, Gaius Valerius Longus, discharged from military service in the legion, have bought as aforesaid. I, Diodoros, son of Apollonios, wrote for him because he is illiterate.; (4th hand) Registered in the grapheion of Kerkesoucha.
Papyri.info Link: https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2197

Information on Publications

Publications: Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections

PMich IX Husselman EM 1971 551 Husselman EM, PMich IX, 551, 1971 -- BL VI, 83 (date); BL VIII, 215 (on line 22) BL VI, 83 (date); BL VIII, 215 (on line 22)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography: J. Bingen, CE 46 (1971) p. 376; P.J. Sijpesteijn, ZPE 56 (1984) p. 99.

Availability/System Requirements

Institution: sr

Cataloging

Cataloger: PH
Year Begin: 103
Year End: 103

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 1264 x 2800
File Size: 471 KB
Record: 2197
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2197/4389r.tif

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Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich IX	Husselman EM	1971	551	Husselman EM, PMich IX, 551, 1971 -- BL VI, 83 (date); BL VIII, 215 (on line 22)	BL VI, 83 (date); BL VIII, 215 (on line 22)