P.Mich.inv. 622 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 622
Processing Number
2739
Section/Side
Recto, col. III, abstract 7
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 7: 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 1 records a (demotic) alimentary contract, registered on May 19, 42 A.D. (see also Verso, col. II, 15); this so-called alimentary contract is in reality a property settlement entered into by persons already united in marriage, fixing the sum which the husband was obliged to pay to his wife in case of his divorcing her and describing the real properties which would become sureties for the payment of this sum
Persons
Orsenouphis son of Horouanchis (former owner) (see also P.Mich. II, p. 224; V, p. 389);
Petesouchos son of Harmiysis and Teros, husband of Thaubastis;
Thaubastis daughter of Orseus and Thasis, wife of Petesouchos;
Er(--) (Hermias?) son of Ptol(--) (Ptolemaios?)
Geographica
Tebtynis
Translation
On the 24th. Alimentary contract for money of the value of 21 pieces of gold and the contract of surrender and preliminary sale, concerning the whole house which belongs to me and the court and the plot of ground in Tebtynis in one parcel formerly belonging to Orsenouphis, son of Horouanchis, and concerning the shares which came to me from my father of another house and court likewise in Tebtynis, and concerning whatever property I may acquire from the present time, allotments and vineyards and groves and building sites and cattle of all sorts and slaves and movables and household furnishings and all that is owing to me in any way whatsoever, or may come to me from any source whatsoever.
And the dowry given is 300 silver drachmai, and as parapherna without valuation a gold ear-ring of 3 1/2 quarters and a golden lunette of 2 quarters and silver armlets of a weight of 12 drachmai of uncoined metal and a bronze bowl and women's utensils of tin of a weight of 5 minai. And concerning what is held under gift we have contracts.
Which contract Petesouchos, son of Harmiysis, his mother being Teros, about 46 years old, with a scar on the right shin.
Signatory: Er(--), son of Ptolemaios(?), about 32 years old, with a scar on the right side of the neck.
The rest in conformity.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
JEA 12 Boak AER 1926 100-109 SB III 7260, col. IIIg Boak AER, JEA 12, 100-109, 1926 -- SB III 7260, col. IIIg
PMich II Boak AER 1933 121, Recto, col. III, vii Boak AER, PMich II, 121, Recto, col. III, vii, 1933

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Institution
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Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
42
Year End
42

Technical Details

Image Size
3820 x 3480
File Size
2 MB
Record
2739
Link to this Item
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