P.Mich.inv. 673 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 673
- Processing Number
- 2928
- 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
- 13.3 x 16 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 24
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- broken off at the top and bottom; damaged along a fold
- Palaeographic Description
- 1st hand: same as in P.Mich. X, 587 (Browne)
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- ca. 30 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, son of [- - -]
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Lease of a Bakery
- Content
- Contract by which Herakleides, son of [- - -], leases a bakery to Petesouchos and Sochotes, both sons of Petesouchos
- Subject Headings
- Building
- Ethnicity
- Feeding
- Literacy--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
- Lease
- Iranians--Egypt
- Trade(?)
- Persons
- Herakleides [son of - - -];
- Diodoros son of Ptolemaios (see also P.Mich. V, 257);
- Petesouchos son of Petesouchos, Perses tes epigones;
- Sochotes son of Petesouchos, Perses tes epigones
- Geographica
- Thebaikos; Perses
- Translation
- [- - - has leased to - - - and - - -, Persians of the epigone], and mutual sureties for recovery, in the yard belonging to Herakleides in the same village, and therein a Theban millstone with nether millstones and a grinding handle, and one mortar and one oven. The lease is for two years from the above-mentioned date, for the purpose of baking, if the lessees wish, on condition that the lessees pay to Herakleides on account of rent in entirety for the above-mentioned premises annually eighty silver drachmai free from every deduction. It shall not be permissible for the lessees to abandon the lease, but the lessees shall deliver the rental indicated to Herakleides in four equal installments, in Tybi, Pharmouthi, Pauni, and Epeiph, in every case on the twentieth, viz. twenty silver drachmai per installment, the right of execution resting with Herakleides against the lessees and against all their property as if in accordance with a legal judgment, the lease being guaranteed by Herakleides. Signatory for the lessees: Diodoros, son of Ptolemaios, with a scar on the right foot. (2nd hand) We, Petesouchos and Sochotes, both sons of Petesouchos, Persians of the epigone, and mutual sureties for recovery, have leased in accordance with all the aforesaid terms. Diodoros, son of Ptolemaios, wrote for them, as they are illiterate.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2928
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich X Browne GM 1970 586 Pl. III Browne GM, PMich X, 586, 1970, Pl. III
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 30
- Year End
- 30
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3480 x 4398
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2928
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2928/673r.tif
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