P.Mich.inv. 719 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 719
- Processing Number
- 3087
- 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
- 49.2 x 28.8 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 9
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- Broken off on the left side
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- 54-55 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
- Chrates, son of Eutychos and Theokla, with his parents
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Acknowledgment of the Receipt of a Dowry
- Content
- Unfinished subscription to a marriage settlement between Kroniaina and Chrates, son of Eutychos and Theokla; the dowry, including the gift of a young slave, is paid by the brother of the bride, Horion, and is received by Chrates and his parents, who together accept responsibility for its repayment in the event of a separation of the contracting parties.
- Subject Headings
- Clothing
- Dowry--Egypt--Tebtynis (Extinct city)
- Ethnicity
- Family
- Inheritance
- Jewels
- Antenuptial contracts--Egypt--Tebtynis (Extinct city)
- Iranians--Egypt
- Slave
- Utensils
- Wealth
- Woman
- Persons
- Chrates son of Eutychos and Theokla, Perses tes epigones;
- Eutychos son of Chrates, husband and guardian of Theokla, Perses tes epigones (see also P.Mich. II, 123, recto, col. VIII, l. 40; 127, col. I, l. 11; col. III, l. 3);
- Theokla daughter of Kronion, wife of Eutychos, Persine;
- Horion [son of - - -], brother of Kroniaina;
- Kroniena (Kroniaina) (daughter of - - -), sister of Horion, wife of Chrates;
- Ammounous daughter of Thaubas, oikogenes paidiske doule;
- Thaubas, doule;
- Claudius(?), Emperor
- Geographica
- Perses; Persine; Alexandrios
- Translation
- [We, Chrates, son of Eutychos, and Eutychos], son of Chrates, both Persians of the epigone, and the wife of Eutychos, who is also the mother of Chrates, Theokla, daughter of Kronion, a Persian, with her guardian, the same Eutychos, all three being mutual security for the payment, acknowledge [that we have received from Horion, son of . . .], at once, the dowry in behalf of his sister Kroniaina, consisting of two thousand one hundred and sixty silver drachmai in coin; and as parapherna without valuation a gold necklace [- - -, and - - -] of four quarters, both of Alexandrian current gold coin, and a gold earring of native current gold coin of four quarters, and a gold lunette of three quarters and a [- - -] and a pair of silver armlets of a weight of twenty drachmai of uncoined metal, and a silver bracelet of a weight of eight drachmai of uncoined metal, and a silver spoon of a weight of four drachmai, and bronze utensils [- - -] and a box for ointment and a folding mirror and six water jars all of bronze, and women's utensils of tin of a weight of twelve minas, and a cypress chest, [- - - and] three women's [dresses], one white, the second ivy-colored, and the third scarlet, and ten cloaks of various colors; and as a gift, without valuation, from the slaves that belong [to him], a female child slave, born in the house, whose name is Ammounous and who was born of the slave Thaubas and is five years of age, whom Horion shall give over in good health and unharmed in the month Kaisareios of the fifteenth [year of Tiberius] Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator. And he (Chrates) will treat Kroniaina as his wedded wife and, if a separation shall occur, we shall return the dowry and parapherna. And [Eutychos and Theokla] agree to bequeath to Chrates after the death of Eutychos from the property of Eutychos . . .
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- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3087
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 343 Husselman EM, PMich V, 343, 1944
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 54
- Year End
- 55
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 4188 x 3342
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 3087
- Link to this Item
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