P.Mich.inv. 667 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 667

Processing Number

2921

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

14 x 26.2 cm

Items

1

Lines

16

Mounted

No

Negative

No

Conservation Status

badly frayed at the top, with the first two lines almost completely effaced

Palaeographic Description

written in an upright angular hand (Husselman)

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

September[?] 16, 24 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

Marepsemis, son of Psyphis

Type of Text/Title of Work

Receipt for Wages

Content

Acknowledgment of the receipt by Marepsemis, son of Psyphis, from Onnophris, son of Psyphis, of wages for the cultivation of three arourai of sacred land

Subject Headings

Agriculture

Irrigation

Land ownership

Land status

Salary

Topography (Tebtynis area)

Persons

Tiberius, Emperor;

Marepsemis son of Psoiphis (Psyphis);

Onnophris son of Psoiphis (Psyphis) (see also P.Mich. V, p. 20);

Tesenepnoutis (see Geographica)

Geographica

[Tebtynis], Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome; Tenain edaphe; Chomeniake dioryx; emblema Tesepnoutios

Translation

The [thirteenth] year [of Tiberius Caesar Augustus], the nineteenth of the month Sebastos(?), [in Tebtynis] of the division of Polemon, in the Arsinoite nome. Marepsemis, son of Psyphis, about sixty years old, with a scar on the right side of his forehead, acknowledges to Onnophris, son of Psyphis, about twenty-five years old, with a scar on his right sole, that he has received from him the payment and wages in full for the three arourai, or as many as there may be, of the sacred land of the Tenain(?) estates, which he has tilled, near the same village, on the east, on the far side of the Chomenian canal and the sluice gate of Tesenepnoutis, in the present thirteenth year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus; and he has no claim in any matter whatsoever with regard to the work designated. The contract shall be valid.

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2921

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich V	Husselman EM	1944	337	Husselman EM, PMich V, 337, 1944

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

24

Year End

24

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

3480 x 4608

File Size

2 MB

Record

2921

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2921/667r.tif content_copy

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Manifest

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