P.Mich.inv. 721 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 721

Processing Number

3090

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

46.8 x 20 cm

Items

1

Lines

10

Mounted

No

Negative

No

Conservation Status

badly frayed and rubbed at several places, particularly at the bottom

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

Asklas, son of Besis

Type of Text/Title of Work

Sale of a Vacant Lot

Content

Subscription to a contract by which Asklas, son of Besis, sells to Herakleides the younger, son of Maron, half of a vacant lot

Subject Headings

Literacy--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Land Ownership

Sale

Topography (Tebtynis)

Woman

Persons

Asklas son of Besis and Taorsenouphis, husband of Tepheros;

Herakleides neoteros son of Maron and Arsinoe (see P.Mich. V, p. 17-18);

Patynis (son of Besis and Taorsenouphis);

Harmaeis (Harmais) son of Petesouchos (see also P.Mich. V, 313?);

Haryotes son of Petesouchos;

Harmiysis son of Orsenouphis;

Horos son of Orsenouphis;

Orseus son of Orseus;

Tepheros daughter of Tephersos and Taarmiysis, wife of Asklas

Geographica

Tebtynis

Translation

I, Asklas, son of Besis, my mother being Taorsenouphis, acknowledge that I have sold to Herakleides the younger, son of Maron, his mother being Arsinoe, my half share of the vacant lot that is held also in common and undivided by my brother Patynis, and of all the appurtenances in Tebtynis, the measurements of the entire vacant lot being from south to north seven and two-thirds cubits, from west to east fourteen and two-thirds cubits to the total extent of the measurements in cubits, or as many as there may be, with the exit and the entrance common and undivided. The neighbors are on the south of the entire vacant lot the house of Harmaeis, son of Petesouchos, and of Haryotes, his brother, on the north the house of the said Herakleides and of the sons of Petesouchos, on the west also the house of the said Herakleides and that of Harmiysis and Horos, both sons of Orsenouphis, on the east the house of Orseus, son of Orseus, through which there is the aforesaid entrance and exit to the property. And I have received from Herakleides the entire price agreed upon, in full, from hand to hand, out of the house, and I guarantee the sale against those who shall proceed against it in my name(?) . . . of the half share. My wife, Tepheros, daughter of Tephersos, her mother being Taarmiysis, consents to this sale and agrees not to proceed against it forever or to bring any claim and that no one else shall in her behalf as aforesaid. [- - -] wrote for them since they are 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	297	Husselman EM, PMich V, 297, 1944 -- BL VII, 111 (line 7)	BL VII, 111 (line 7)

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

3974 x 3248

File Size

2 MB

Record

3090

Link to this Item

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Manifest

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