P.Mich.inv. 655 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 655
- Processing Number
- 2870
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Connections
- Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 8 x 28 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 20
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- complete
- Palaeographic Description
- an irregular cursive, with letters differing greatly in size (Boak)
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- July 29, 45 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
- Ptolemaios, son of Ptolemaios
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Receipt for a deed
- Content
- Acknowledgment by Ptolemaios, son of Ptolemaios, that he has received from Kronion, nomographos of Tebtynis, a deed of cession prepared throught the agency of Kronion for the sons of Heron, son of Labion, who have conveyed some property to Ptolemaios
- Persons
- Ptolemaios son of Ptolemaios;
- Kronion (son of Apion), nomographos of Tebtynis;
- (unnamed) sons of Heron son of Labion (Labeon);
- Claudius, Emperor
- Geographica
- Tebtynis
- Translation
- Ptolemaios, son of Ptolemaios, to Kronion, nomographos of Tebtynis, greeting.
- I acknowledge that I have received from you the deed of cession executed through you by the sons of Heron, son of Labion, because I have been registered as owner through the registration office for the catoecic lands upon the records of transfer of title; and if anyone accuse you in any way about the register, I myself shall contest his claim. Let this handwriting be valid for everyone who produces it.
- The fifth year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, the fifth of the month Kaisareios.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2870
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich V Boak AER 1944 338 Boak AER, PMich V, 338, 1944 -- BL VI, 82 (l. 14) BL VI, 82 (l. 14)
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- H.C. Youtie, TAPA 98 (1967) p. 511-512 [= H.C. Youtie, Scriptiunculae I (Amsterdam, 1973) p. 437-438; 453].
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 45
- Year End
- 45
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3480 x 4608
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2870
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2870/655_a.tif
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- Manifest
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:2870
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- Full citation
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"P.Mich.inv. 655; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2870/655_a.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 21, 2025.