P.Mich.inv. 5919 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 5919
Processing Number
2596
Section/Side
Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso bears traces of a circular red stamp
Connections
+ P.Mich.inv. 5838b (7 fragments) + P.Mich.inv. 5925 (1 fragment); duplicate of P.Mich. IX, 568
Material
Pap
Size
ca. 10 X 17.7 + 2.3 x 4.0 cm when combined with 5838b and 4925
Items
1 + 7 + 1
Lines
14 + 6
Mounted
Yes
Negative
Yes
Conservation Status
Recto: broken off at the bottom and (slightly) on the left side; one fragment (inv. 5925) from the lower part of the text, broken off on all sides.
Verso: too little remains of the circular red stamp for the design or the inscription to be apparent
Palaeographic Description
See electronic version of PMich IX, 569
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
November 26, 92 A.D.
Origin
Arsinoiton polis, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance
Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition
30-C123CCJ-A (6)
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Taeuemeros daughter of Marcus
Type of Text/Title of Work
Contract Concerning Repayment of a Debt
Content
Acknowledgment made by Taeuemeros, daughter of Marcus, to the soldier Marcus Anthestius Gemellus, that she will repay to him, within five days, some debt contracted several years earlier by Herakleides son of Horion towards Anthestius' mother
Persons
Domitianus, Emperor;
Taeuemeros daughter of Marcus;
Sarapion son of Sarapion and of Taeuemeros, guardian of his mother;
Marcus Anphestios (Anthestius) Gemellus, stratiotes, son of (unnamed father) and of Thaesis;
Thaesis daughter of Sisois, his mother;
Herakleides son of Horion;
Vespasianus, former Emperor
Geographica
Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoiton polis), Arsinoite nome; Itouraioi (Ityraioi); [Karanis]
Translation
The twelfth year of the Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, the 30th of the month Neos Sebastos, in Ptolemais Euergetis in the Arsinoite nome. Taeuemeros, daughter of Marcus, about fifty-five years old with a scar on her right thumb, with her guardian, her son Sarapion, son of Sarapion, about twenty-five years old with a scar in the middle of his forehead beneath the hair, acknowledges to Marcus Anthestius Gemellus, soldier of the third Ituraean cohort of the century of Titius, about thirty-five years old with a scar on the left side of his chin, that she, Taeuemeros, will perforce repay to him, Marcus Anthestius Gemellus, within the five days from the aforementioned (day), which she has asked him for as indulgence on the loan, the [. . . silver drachmai] owed to the mother of Anthestius, Thaesis, daughter of Sisois, while she was still living, by Herakleides, son of Horion, in accordance with a contract [drawn up through the grapheion of the village of Karanis(?) in] the sixth year of the divine Vespasianus in the month of Pharmouthi [- - - the half(?)] share of Herakleides [near Karanis - - - of an olive grove of three and a half arourai - - - as stated by the said Herakleides - - - four hundred and forty drachmai - - - part for Marcus of the aforesaid - - - and of what owes Herakleides himself - - -]

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich IX Husselman EM 1971 569 Husselman EM, PMich IX, 569, 1971 -- To be republished: six new fragments (from inv. 5838b and 5925) were added to the three already published. (PH) To be republished: six new fragments (from inv. 5838b and 5925) were added to the three already published. (PH)

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Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
92
Year End
92

Technical Details

Image Size
3072 x 2320
File Size
948 KB
Record
2596
Link to this Item
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