P.Mich.inv. 456 / Recto

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P.Mich.inv. 456

Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 456
Processing Number: 2231
Section/Side: Recto
Image Side: Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: Recto; Verso is blank
Connections: -
Material: Pap
Size: 15 x 38.2 cm
Items: 1
Lines: 1-20
Mounted: No
Negative: Yes
Conservation Status: No sheet-join, which makes the size of the sheet here about twice as big as in P. Mich. inv. 455 and P. Mich. inv. 472. The papyrus is broken off at the left.
Palaeographic Description: At the right there is hardly any margin. At the top there is a margin of c. 3.5 cm, at the bottom there is a margin of c. 11.5 cm. The text is written in the not inexperienced hand of the gnoster of Alabastrine.
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: July 28, 425 A.D.
Origin: Alabastrine, Antinoite nome, province of Egypt (?)
Provenance: Alabastrine, Antinoite 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: Aurelius Serenus
Type of Text/Title of Work: Lease of room
Content: Document in which Aurelius Serenus confirms that he has rented a room on the third floor of the house of Aurelia Iuliana, daughter of Hymis for the annual rent of hundred and twenty myriads of denarii.
Subject Headings: Rent--Egypt.; Real property--Egypt.; Contracts--Egypt.; Landlord and tenant--Egypt.; Denarius (Coin)--Egypt.; Sailors--Egypt.; Suretyship and; guaranty--Egypt.; Literacy--Egypt.
Persons: Flavius Asclepiodotus, prefect,; Flavius Marinianus, prefect,; Aurelius Serenus,alias Pkimis, son of Narous, sailor,; Aurelia Iuliana, daughter of Hymis,; Aurelius - - -. gnosterof Alabastrine
Geographica: Alabastrine in the Antinoite nome
Translation: "In the consulate of Flavius Asclepiodotus and Flavius Marinianus, the most magnificent praefecti of the imperial praetorium in Italy, on Mesore 4 of the present eigth indiction.; Aurelius Serenus also called Pkimis, son of Narous, sailer by profession, from the village of Alabastrine in the Antinoite nome, greets Aurelia Iuliana, daughter of Hymis, from the same village of Alabastrine.; Of my own free will I would like to lease, from the present month of Mesore of the present eighth indiction onwards, one room with two doors situated on the third floor with the appropriate entrance and exit, at an annual rent of a hundred and twenty myriads of denarii a year, which I shall hand over in accordance with this document without protest. The lease is valid and guaranteed and after a being formally interrogated I gave my consent.; I, the aforesaid Aurelius Serenus, hav rented as aforesaid. I, Aurelius - - -, gnoster of the same village of Alabastrine, have written on behalf of the illiterateSerenus at his request and I am witness to the document."
Papyri.info Link: https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2231

Information on Publications

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

JRA 5 Gagos T-van Minnen P 1992 200-2 Plate SB XXII, 15620 Gagos T-van Minnen P, JRA 5, 200-2, 1992, Plate -- SB XXII, 15620 -- BL XI, 240 (l.1); BL XI, 240 (l.1);

Cataloging

Cataloger: TC
Year Begin: 425
Year End: 425

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Record: 2231
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2231/456r.tif

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Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
JRA 5	Gagos T-van Minnen P	1992	200-2	Plate	SB XXII, 15620	Gagos T-van Minnen P, JRA 5, 200-2, 1992, Plate -- SB XXII, 15620 -- BL XI, 240 (l.1);	BL XI, 240 (l.1);