P.Mich.inv. 686 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 686
- Processing Number
- 2963
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Connections
- Duplicate: P.Mich. V, 279 (inv. 692 + 751). - Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 23.5 x 26.5 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 2 + 7
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- frayed at the top; slightly damaged along some folds
- Palaeographic Description
- Same hands as in P.Mich. V, 336; 2nd hand: slow-writer
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- Ist century A.D., probably 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
- Orseus, son of Haryotes
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Sale of Slaves
- Content
- Subscription to a contract by which Orseus, son of Haryotes, sells to Galates, son of Lysimachos, two slave children, Tyche and Kronion
- Persons
- Orseus son of Haryotes (see also P.Mich. V, 336?);
- Galates son of Lysimachos (see P.Mich. V, p. 16);
- Tyche, doule;
- Kronion, doulos;
- Dionysios son of Maron (see P.Mich. V, p. 187)
- Translation
- Orseus, about 30 years old, with a scar on his right shin. Galates, [- - -]. Dionysios, about 50 years old, with a scar on his right wrist.
- I, Orseus, son of Haryotes, acknowledge that I have sold to Galates, son of Lysimachos, to Galates himself and to his heirs and assigns, for transference from the present day forever, two slaves that belong to me, just as they are, the name of the female being Tyche, her age about six years, that of the male being Kronion, his age about two years. And I have received from Galates the entire price agreed upon, in full, and I guarantee the sale with every guarantee forever, except against flight and epilepsy as aforesaid. Dionysios, son of Maron, wrote for him because he writes somewhat slowly.
- (2nd hand) I, Orseus, son of Haryotes, ordered him to write.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2963
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 278 Husselman EM, PMich V, 278, 1944
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 1
- Year End
- 99
Technical Details
- Record
- 2963
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2963/686r.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 686; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2963/686r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 17, 2024.