P.Mich.inv. 630 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 630

Processing Number

2793

Section/Side

Recto

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto (written across the fibres); Verso is blank

Connections

Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis

Material

Pap

Size

10 x 23 cm

Items

1

Lines

31

Mounted

No

Negative

No

Conservation Status

badly frayed along the left-hand side, and broken off on the right

Palaeographic Description

Written across the fibres. - 2nd hand: small upright cursive; 3rd hand: somewhat larger and less regular

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

26-27 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

Herakleides the younger, son of Herakleides

Type of Text/Title of Work

Lease of a Reed Bed on Waste Land

Content

Contract by which Herakleides the younger, son of Herakleides, leases to Kronion, son of Hera[- - -], a reed bed on waste land; the lessee is expected to break down the soil of this land overgrown with reeds and to restore it to cultivation, for which he is to receive a cash subvention from the lessor. The note in l. 1 is an order to file this copy of the contract in the grapheion archives.

Subject Headings

Agriculture

Land Ownership

Lease

Persons

Tiberius, Emperor;

Herakleides neoteros son of Herakleides;

Kronion son of Hera[- - -];

Sarapion son of Antenor (former owner);

Pathas;

Heliodoros(?);

Kronion son of Telephos

Geographica

[Tebtynis(?), Polemonos] meris, Arsinoite nome; Ibion Eikosipentarouron

Translation

Enter in volume . . . of(?) the thirteenth . . .

(2nd hand) [The thirteenth year] of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, [on the . . .] of the month [. . . at Tebtynis(?)] in the division [of Polemon] of the Arsinoite nome. [Herakleides the younger, son of Herakleides], about thirty four years old, with a scar in the middle of his chin, [has leased to Kronion, son of Hera . . ., - - -], about thirty years old, with a scar on his right wrist [- - -, for four(?) years] from the current thirteenth year [of Tiberius Caesar Augustus] the reed bed on waste land [which belongs] to him near Ibion Eikosipentarouron, [formerly the property of Sarapion], son of Antenor, those on the south of Pathas, those [on - - -] of Heliodoros(?), with barns(?), at a rental for the first [year - - -] of the whole annually sixteen artabai [- - - measured(?)] by the six-choinix measure of Hermes of Ibion, upon condition that [Kronion] shall receive [from Herakleides] for breaking up the soil and restoring the land to cultivation in silver [. . . drachmai. And at the expiration of the period] Kronion [shall return(?)] the allotment free from rushes, weeds [and dirt of every kind, and the reeds] after cutting them, (the bundles of reeds?) which Kronion shall also restore [- - -]. Herakleides and his heirs [shall have right of execution(?)] upon the lessee, [Kronion], and all [his possessions] as if in accordance with a judgment. [Herakleides the younger], son of Herakleides, will guarantee the lease upon the aforesaid terms and free from public [and private(?) obligations. Signatory] for Kronion, Kronion, son of Telephos, about twenty years old [- - -]. The contract is valid . . .

(3rd hand) I, Kronion, son of Hera . . ., [have leased] from Herakleides the younger, [son of Herakleides, for four(?) years] the dry reed bed which belongs to him [near Ibion Eikosipentarouron], formerly the property of Sarapion, the son of Antenor, [those on the south of Pathas, - - -] . . . [- - -, with barns(?)], at a rental for the first [year(?) - - -] of the whole annually sixteen artabai [- - -] sixteen artabai of wheat by the six-choinix measure [of Hermes of Ibion, upon condition that] Kronion shall receive from Herakleides [for breaking up the soil] and restoring the land to cultivation in silver [- - -] just as is stated. [Kronion, son of Telephos, wrote for him] since he is illiterate.

(4th hand) [I, Herakleides, son of Herakleides, have granted the lease] just as is stated.

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Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich V	Boak AER	1944	310	Boak AER, PMich V, 310, 1944 -- BL III,115 (l. 13-14); BL IV,54 (l. 11; 13-14); BL VI,82 (l. 13-14)	BL III,115 (l. 13-14); BL IV,54 (l. 11; 13-14); BL VI,82 (l. 13-14)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

E.M. Husselman, TAPA 81 (1950) p. 75-76; J. Herrmann, Studien zur Bodenpacht = Muenchener Beitraege 41 (Muenchen, 1958) p.132, n. 1; P.Merton III, p. 72.

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

26

Year End

27

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

3480 x 4608

File Size

2 MB

Record

2793

Link to this Item

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