P.Mich.inv. 622 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 622
Processing Number
2737
Section/Side
Recto, col. III, abstract 5
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso: list of contracts (index of the Recto)
Connections
Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis; see also note
Material
Pap
Size
Total size of the roll: 2.39 m x 29 cm
Items
1
Lines
Recto, col. III, abstract 5: 4
Mounted
No
Negative
Yes
Conservation Status
Large roll containing writing on both sides; broken off at the left of the Recto
Palaeographic Description
The four columns of the Recto have an unusual widh of about 70 cm. - The writing is a small upright cursive, different from the Verso. (Boak)
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
(After) August 28, 42 A.D.
Origin
Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance
Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition
1921, Acquired by Kelsey from Nahman in Cairo
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Unknown scribe
Type of Text/Title of Work
Collection of Abstracts of Contracts (Eiromenon)
Content
Day by day register of abstracts of the contracts recorded at the record-office (grapheion) of Tebtynis during the four last months of the 2nd year of the Emperor Claudius. - Col. III, abstract 5 records a lease of a granary and some appurtenances, registered on May 13, 42 A.D. (see also Verso, col. II, 19)
Persons
Didymos son of Telesis (see also Recto, col. III, abstract 6);
Alexandros son of Telesis;
Petheus son of Petheus, Perses tes epigones, husband of Thenphanes(?) (see also Recto, col. III, abstract 6);
Thenphanes <or Thenphanesis> daughter of Psosneus, wife of Petheus;
(unnamed) wives of Didymos and Alexandros;
Herodes son of Herodes (see also P.Mich. V, 252; 257; 293; 346; P.S.I. VIII, 905; 907; X, 1130; add perhaps P.Mich. V, 348)
Geographica
Perses; Kerkesoucha Orous, Polemonos meris
Translation
Didymos, about 45 years old, with a scar on the right thumb, and Alexandros, about 45 years old, with a scar on the left elbow, both sons of Telesis, have leased to Petheus, son of Petheus, a Persian of the epigone, about 40 years old, with a scar on the right eyebrow, and his wife Thenphanes(?), daughter of Psosneus, with a scar on the right eyebrow, with Petheus himself as her guardian, (the two being) mutual sureties for recovery, the granary with a gateway belonging to us and(?) our wives in Kerkesoucha Orous, in the division of Polemon, and in the < - - - part> of the gateway a storeroom for wheat <OR: a porterslodge(?)>, and the stable in front of the granary, all of which they have previously held in lease, for one year from the stated time in the month Germanikeios, at a total rental of fifty artabai of new barley, pure and unadulterated, by the measure of the granary, and two choice cocks together worth 4 silver drachmai, and at the Amesysia one artaba of barley, the whitewashing of the granary being the duty of the lessors, while the lessee, who furnishes the labor for a single whitewashing, (shall pay) the rental in the month Neos Sebastos of the coming year.
Signatory: Herodes, son of Herodes, about 35 years old, with a scar on the forehead to the left.
The rest in conformity.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich II Boak AER 1933 121, Recto, col. III, v Boak AER, PMich II, 121, Recto, col. III, v, 1933 -- BL VIII, 211 (l. 2) BL VIII, 211 (l. 2)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
P.J. Sijpesteijn, Aegyptus 65 (1985) p. 33-34.

Availability/System Requirements

Institution
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Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
42
Year End
42

Technical Details

Image Size
4608 x 3480
File Size
2 MB
Record
2737
Link to this Item
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