P.Mich.inv. 708 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 708
Processing Number
3075
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
45 x 17 cm
Items
1
Lines
7 + 11
Mounted
No
Negative
No
Conservation Status
broken off on the left side; damaged on the right side
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
Ist century A.D. (under Tiberius[?])
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, Papontos, Taorsenouphis, and Tasooukis, children of Papontos
Type of Text/Title of Work
Sale of a House and Courtyard
Content
Subscriptions to a contract by which four children of Papontos and Kolleuthis, with the husband of one of them, sell a house and courtyard in Theogonis to Kouthion, son of Menches; in the lower right margin are the notes giving the descriptions of the contracting parties; the body of the contract was left to be written in demotic
Persons
Herakleides son of Papontos and Kolleuthis;
Papontos son of Papontos and Kolleuthis;
Taorsenouphis daughter of Papontos and Kolleuthis;
Tasooukis daughter of Papontos and Kolleuthis, wife of Harmiysis;
Harmiysis son of Panesneous and Taorphaesis, husband of Tasooukis;
Kouthion son of Menches and Tapetsiris;
Apynchis son of Apynchis (see also P.Mich. V, 304?);
Apynchis kophe legomene <read: kophos legomenos?>;
Leontiskos;
Herodes son of Herodes (see also P.Mich. II, 121, recto, col. III, abstract 5; V, 252; 257; 346; P.S.I. VIII, 905; 907; X, 1130; add perhaps P.Mich. V, 348)
Geographica
Aigyptios; Theogonis, Polemonos meris
Translation
We, [Herakleides] and Papontos and Taorsenouphis and Tasooukis, the four children of Papontos, our mother being Kolleuthis, and the husband of Tasooukis, Harmiysis, son of Panesnous, his mother being Taorphaesis, acknowledge, that is, [Herakleides] and Papontos and Taorsenouphis and Tasooukis acknowledge that we have sold in accordance with the Egyptian contracts, to Kouthion, son of Menches, his mother being Tapetsiris, the house and court and all the appurtenances that belong to us in Theogonis in the division of Polemon, of which the measurements are from south to north eight ells and from west to east twenty-five ells, to the extent of both the measurements in ells, or as many as there may be. The neighbors are on the south the house of Apynchis, son of Apynchis, on the north the house and court of Apynchis, the so-called deaf mute, on the west the house of Leontiskos, on the east the royal [road]. And we have received the entire price agreed upon, in full, and we guarantee the sale with every guarantee forever. I, Harmiysis, the aforesaid husband of Tasooukis, authorize the aforesaid sale and agree not to proceed against it forever, and not to bring any claim, and I shall do the rest as aforesaid. Herodes, son of Herodes, wrote for them because they are illiterate.
(In the right margin) Herakleides, about 27 years old, with a scar on his face to the right.
Papontos, about 23 years old, with a scar on his left knee. Taorsenouphis, about 21(?) years old, with a scar on her right cheek. Tasooukis, about 21 years old, with a scar above her left eyebrow. Harmiysis, about . . years old, with a scar on his [. . .] forearm. Kouthion, [- - -].

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich V Husselman EM 1944 293 Husselman EM, PMich V, 293, 1944 -- L. 7, read [katho]ti, instead of [kathos]. (PH) L. 7, read [katho]ti, instead of [kathos]. (PH)

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Institution
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Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
1
Year End
99

Technical Details

Image Size
3979 x 2156
File Size
1 MB
Record
3075
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3075/708r_1.tif

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