P.Mich.inv. 6280 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 6280
- Processing Number
- 2789
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 22.8 X 9 cm
- Items
- 2
- Lines
- 25
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- complete; surface badly rubbedd especially on the left side
- Palaeographic Description
- See electronic version of PMich IX, 565
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- 215/216 A.D.
- Origin
- probably either Kerkesoucha or Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- 32-235*-R II(11)
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Kastor son of Kopres
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Application for Lease of Grain Land
- Content
- Offer, made by Kastor son of Kopres to Chairemon son of Polydeukes, to lease for three years some catoecic land near Kerkesoucha
- Subject Headings
- Farmers--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.
- Weights and measurements, Ancient.
- Leases--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.
- Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city)
- Karanis (Extinct city)
- Land value taxation--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.
- Colonists--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.
- Soldiers--Rome.
- Land tenure--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.
- Persons
- Chairemon son of Polydeukes;
- Kastor son of Kopres;
- Caracalla, Emperor
- Geographica
- Kerkesoucha; topos Pasenkem(?)
- Translation
- To Chairemon, son of Polydeukes, from Kastor, son of Kopres. I wish to lease from you the one and a half arourai of a catoecic allotment belonging to you near the village of Kerksoucha in the place called Pasenkem(?) for three years, three {sowing} sowings, from the present 24th year, at an annual rental of three artabai of wheat apart from seed, all public charges resting upon you the landholder. I shall pay them in the month Pauni without delay and I shall perform all the appropriate farm operations at the suitable times.
- (2nd hand) I, Kastor, son of Kopres, have leased as aforesaid.
- (3rd hand) The 24th year of Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Parthicus Maximus Britannicus Maximus Germanicus Maximus Pius Augustus.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2789
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich IX Husselman EM 1971 565 Husselman EM, PMich IX, 565, 1971 -- BL VII, 114 (on lines 7; 16) BL VII, 114 (on lines 7; 16)
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- H.C. Youtie, ZPE 18 (1975) p. 80.
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 215
- Year End
- 216
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2320 x 3072
- File Size
- 948 KB
- Record
- 2789
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2789/6280r.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 6280; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2789/6280r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.