P.Mich.inv. 670 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 670
- Processing Number
- 2925
- 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
- 29.2 x 23.2 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 7
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- slightly damaged along the kollesis
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- Ist century 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
- Herodes alias Herakleides, son of Lysimachos
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Sale of a Slave
- Content
- Subscription to a contract by which Herodes, also called Herakleides, son of Lysimachos, sells a female slave named Thaisarion to Eudaimonis, daughter of Herakles
- Persons
- Herodes alias Herakleides son of Lysimachos (see also P.Mich. V, p. 381; XI, p. 89-90);
- Eudaimonis daughter of Herodes;
- Thaeisarion (Thaisarion), paidiske doule
- Translation
- I, Herodes, also called Herakleides, son of Lysimachos, acknowledge that I have ceded to Eudaimonis, daughter of Herodes, in accordance with this agreement, from the present day forever, the female slave that belongs to me by inheritance from my mother's side, her name being Thaeisarion, about thirty-two years old, of middle height, with honey-colored skin, a long face and a straight nose, and with a scar on her face; and I cede her just as she is, not to be rejected except for external claims or epilepsy. I have received from Eudaimonis the entire price agreed upon, in full, from hand to hand, out of the house, and I guarantee the sale with every guarantee except against the slave's running away. I shall do everything as aforesaid.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2925
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich V Husselman EM 1944 281 Husselman EM, PMich V, 281, 1944
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 1
- Year End
- 99
Technical Details
- Record
- 2925
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2925/670r.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 670; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2925/670r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.