P.Mich.inv. 706 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 706
Processing Number: 3073
Section/Side: Recto
Image Side: Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: Recto; Verso is blank
Connections: Duplicate of P.Mich. V, 330 (inv. 750 + 707). - Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis
Material: Pap
Size: 29.5 x 23.5 cm
Items: 1
Lines: Col. I - 13;; col. II - 13
Mounted: No
Negative: No
Conservation Status: badly frayed at the bottom
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: 40-41 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: Psenkebkis, son of Pakebkis
Type of Text/Title of Work: Loan on Security
Content: Contracts of sale of a share of a house and of loan of 72 drachmai, made between the same parties, Psenkebkis, son of Pakebkis, with his wife Thenmarsisouchos, and Didymos, son of Lysimachos; the two documents together constitute a mortgage, the share of a house being the security for the loan
Subject Headings: Ethnicity; House Ownership; Literacy--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city); Loan; Mortgage; Iranians--Egypt; Religion; Sale; Topography (Tebtynis); Woman
Persons: Psenkebkis son of Pakebkis, husband of Thenmarsisouchos, Perses tes epigones;; Didymos son of Lysimachos (see P.Mich. V, p. 16-7?);; (unnamed) sons of Sekonopis son of Apalous;; (unnamed) sons of Lysimachos son of Didymos (see P.Mich. V, p. 16-17?);; Marepsemis son of Paopis;; Sigeris son of Paopis;; Mares (Marres) son of Marepsemis;; Thenmarsisouchos daughter of Psyphis, wife of Psenkebkis;; Gaius, Emperor
Geographica: Tebtynis
Translation: (Col. I); I, Psenkebkis, son of Pakebkis, acknowledge that I have sold to Didymos, son of Lysimachos, the three shares that belong to me of the four shares of the old house which is inherited from my father, and is subject to purchase, and of the courtyard, and the court in which there is also a building of masonry construction, in Tebtynis, common and undivided. The neighbors of all this property are on the south the lots of the sons of Sekonopis, son of Apalous, and in part the temple of Hermouthis, on the north the lots of the sons of Lysimachos, son of Didymos, and in part those of Marepsemis, son of Paopis, and in part our entrance and exit,on the west the royal road, on the east the courtyard of Sigeris, son of Paopis, and in part the [. . .] of Mares, son of Marepsemis. And I have received from Didymos the entire price, in full, at once, from hand to hand, out of the house, and I guarantee it from all public debts and every [impost], and from private encumbrances. [My wife] Thenmarsisouchos, daughter of Psyphis, consents to [this sale and] agrees not to proceed against it or bring any claim, and agrees that no one else shall in her behalf as [aforesaid. - - -]; (Col. II); I, Psenkebkis, son of Pakebkis, a Persian of the epigone, and my wife Thenmarsisouchos, daughter of Psyphis, a Persian, with her guardian, being mutual security for payment, have as a loan from Didymos, son of Lysimachos, seventy-two drachmai of minted silver, with interest at the rate of one drachme per mina per month, which money we will repay in the month Soter of the coming sixth year of Gaius Caesar Imperator Augustus as aforesaid. [- - -]
Papyri.info Link: https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3073

Information on Publications

Publications: Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections

PMich V Husselman EM 1944 329 Husselman EM, PMich V, 329, 1944 -- BL VIII, 213 (date). - L. 5: the [Her]moutheos hieron (with omega for omikron), located in the village, must be a temple of the goddess Hermouthis, not a sacred land owned by a woman of this name. (PH) BL VIII, 213 (date). - L. 5: the [Her]moutheos hieron (with omega for omikron), located in the village, must be a temple of the goddess Hermouthis, not a sacred land owned by a woman of this name. (PH)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography: C. Balconi, ZPE 59 (1985) p. 87, n. 14

Availability/System Requirements

Institution: sc

Cataloging

Cataloger: PH
Year Begin: 40
Year End: 41

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 3512 x 3408
File Size: 2 MB
Record: 3073
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3073/706r.tif

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Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich V	Husselman EM	1944	329	Husselman EM, PMich V, 329, 1944 -- BL VIII, 213 (date). - L. 5: the [Her]moutheos hieron (with omega for omikron), located in the village, must be a temple of the goddess Hermouthis, not a sacred land owned by a woman of this name. (PH)	BL VIII, 213 (date). - L. 5: the [Her]moutheos hieron (with omega for omikron), located in the village, must be a temple of the goddess Hermouthis, not a sacred land owned by a woman of this name. (PH)