P.Mich.inv. 6831 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 6831
- Processing Number
- 2950
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 18.2 X 10.3 cm
- Items
- 3
- Lines
- 20
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- broken off at the bottom; surface badly abraded, especially down the center
- Palaeographic Description
- See electronic version of PMich IX, 560
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- October 31, 46 A.D.
- Origin
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- 35-288-A
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Horion son of Papontos
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Contract of Lease of Land
- Content
- Contract by which Horion son of Papontos leases from Tithoes son Nepheros some tax-exempted land in the ousia of Livia
- Subject Headings
- Farmers--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Ethnic groups--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Land tenure--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Leases--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Iranians--Egypt
- Tax exemption--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Contracts--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Scars--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Weights and measures, Ancient.
- Farm produce--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Field crops--Seeds--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Real property--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Transportation--Cost--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Freight and freightage--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Persons
- Claudius, Emperor;
- Horion son of Papontos;
- Tithoes son of Nepheros, Perses tes epigones;
- Livia (see geographica)
- Geographica
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris of the Arsinoite nome; ousia (former estate) of Livia; Perses
- Translation
- The seventh year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus the Emperor, the 4th of the month Neos Sebastos, in Karanis in the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. Horion, son of Papontos, about fifty years old, with a scar on the little finger of his left hand, has leased to Tithoes, son of Nepheros, a Persian of the epigone, about sixty years old, with a scar in the middle of his forehead, the aroura and one-half and one-eighth, or as many as may be, that he himself is cultivating near Karanis, part of the estate of Livia, which is tax-exempted, for the seventh year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus the Emperor for planting with vegetable seed. All the resulting produce and . . . [are to be brought] to the threshing floor, from which two shares will belong to Horion and one share to Tithoes. All the transportation charges to the threshing floor [shall be charged to Horion], the [work] of cultivation [to Tithoes] . . .
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2950
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich IX Husselman EM 1971 560 Husselman EM, PMich IX, 560, 1971 -- BL VII, 113 (on lines 8, 8-9); IX 162 (on line 13). BL VII, 113 (on lines 8, 8-9); IX 162 (on line 13).
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- P.J. Parsons, CR 24 (1974) p. 148; G.M. Parassoglou, Imperial Estates in Egypt (Amsterdam, 1978) p. 57, n. 45; p. 101.
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 46
- Year End
- 46
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3795 x 4843
- File Size
- 833 KB
- Record
- 2950
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2950/6831r.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 6831; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2950/6831r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.