P.Mich.inv. 622 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 622

Processing Number

2745

Section/Side

Recto, col. IV, abstract 12

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. IV, abstract 12: 3

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. IV, abstract 12 records a contract of agreement, given by 6 officials of the public tenant cultivators of Tebtynis to 2 cattle graziers, who have rented half of the dry pasture lands of the village and are to make a deposit at a public bank of a certain portion of the rental for the current year; the contract was registered on May 28, 42 A.D. (see also Verso, col. III, 18)

Subject Headings

Archives--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)|vCatalogs.

Notaries--Fees--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Scribes--Fees--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Farmers

Cattle breeders--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Contracts--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Banks and banking--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Leases--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Pastures--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Persons

Orsenouphis son of Horouanchis, grammateus <Read: presbyteros> demosion georgon of Tebtynis (see also P.Mich. II, p. 224; V, p. 389);

Apynchis son of Harmiysis, grammateus <Read: presbyteros> demosion georgon of Tebtynis;

Apsemis son of Psosneus, grammateus <Read: presbyteros> demosion georgon of Tebtynis;

Psenkebkis son of Sokonopis, grammateus <Read: presbyteros> demosion georgon of Tebtynis;

Orsenouphis son of Orsenouphis, grammateus <Read: presbyteros> demosion georgon of Tebtynis;

Harmiysios (Harmiysis), grammateus georgon of Tebtynis;

Herakles son of Aphrodisios, probatoktenotrophos;

Orses (Orseus) son of Phasos, probatoktenotrophos (see also P.Mich. II, 123, recto, col. VII, l. 29-30; XII, 634?)

Geographica

Tebtynis; metropolis (Arsinoiton polis)

Translation

Orsenouphis, son of Horouanchis, about 55 years old, with a scar on the right calf, and Apynchis, son of Harmiysis, about 50 years old, with a scar on the right cheek, and Apsemis, son of Psosneus, about 50 years old,with a scar on the right wrist, and Psenkebkis, son of Sokonopis, about 30 years old, with a scar on the right forearm, and Orsenouphis, son of Orsenouphis, about 40 years old, with a scar on the nose below the eyebrow line, the five of them secretaries <Read: elders> of the public cultivators of the aforesaid village of Tebtynis, and Harmiysios, secretary of the cultivators of the same village, about 56 years old, with a scar on the right forearm, acknowledge to Herakles, son of Aphrodisios, about 65 years old, with a scar on the right cheek, and Orses, son of Phasos, about 58 years old,with a scar on the thumb of his right hand, both of them cattle graziers, that they, the parties of the first part, are satisfied with what Herakles and Orses will deposit at the designated public bank in the metropolis to the credit of the aforesaid Harmiysios, secretary of the cultivators, and Orsenouphis, son of Horouanchis, and the other secretaries <Read: elders> of the village, on account of the rental for the present 2nd year of a half-share of the dry pastures, and they guarantee (the lease).

The rest in conformity.

Papyri.info Link

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Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich II	Boak AER	1933	121, Recto, col. IV, xii	Boak AER, PMich II, 121, Recto, col. IV, xii, 1933 -- BL III, 107 (l. 1; 3)	BL III, 107 (l. 1; 3)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

P.Mich. V, p. 249.

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

42

Year End

42

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

3960 x 3480

File Size

2 MB

Record

2745

Link to this Item

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