P.Mich.inv. 689 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 689

Processing Number

2999

Section/Side

Recto

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso is blank

Connections

Duplicate of P.Mich. V, 285 (inv. 943). - Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis

Material

Pap

Size

16.5 x 28.5 cm

Items

1

Lines

11 + 12

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

Complete, but the ink is badly rubbed along some folds

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

Taorseus, daughter of Thoteus

Type of Text/Title of Work

Sale of Part of a Vacant Lot

Content

Subscription to a contract by which Taorseus, daughter of Thoteus, sells the fifth share of a vacant lot in Kerkeosiris to Phaesis, the son of her brother Nikon

Subject Headings

Family

Literacy--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Land Ownership

Sale

Topography (Kerkeosiris)

Woman (& guardian)

Persons

Taorseus daughter of Thoteus;

Galates son of Didymos, kinsman and guardian of Taorseus;

Phaesis son of Nikon;

Nikon (son of Thoteus), brother of Taorseus;

(unnamed) sons of Herodes;

Artemidoros son of Hermias;

Thoteus;

Sarapion

Geographica

Kerkeusiris (Kerkeosiris), Polemonos meris

Translation

Taorseus, about . . years old, [with a scar] on her left [- - -]. Galates, about 41 years old, with a scar on the small finger of his left hand. Phaesis, about 25 years old, with a white spot on the right eye and a scar near the right knee.

I, Taorseus, daughter of Thoteus, with my kinsman, Galates, son of Didymos, as my guardian, acknowledge that I have sold to Phaesis, the son of Nikon, my own brother on both my father's and my mother's side, from the present time forever the fifth part that belongs to me of the vacant lots in which there are buildings of composite brick, the measurements of the entire area being whatever they may be. The neighbors are, as we dictated by mutual agreement, on the south the house of the sons of Herodes, with an entrance and exit between, on the north the house of Artemidoros, son of Hermias, on the west the house of Thoteus, on the east the houses and lots of Sarapion, all in the village of Kerkeosiris in the division of Polemon. And I have received the price from hand to hand and I guarantee with every guarantee as aforesaid. I, Galates, also wrote for her since she is illiterate.

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Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich V	Husselman EM	1944	286	Husselman EM, PMich V, 286, 1944

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

1

Year End

99

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

3480 x 4608

File Size

2 MB

Record

2999

Link to this Item

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