P.Mich.inv. 722 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 722
- Processing Number
- 3091
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Connections
- Duplicate of P.S.I. VIII, 913. - Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 19.3 x 28.2 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 2 + 27 + 15
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- complete, but the ink is badly rubbed along the 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
- Taaous, daughter of Harobroous
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Sale of Part of a House and Courtyard
- Content
- Subscription to a contract by which Taaous, daughter of Harobroous, with her husband Kronion, son of Papontos, sells to Potamon, son of Onnophris, one fifth of a three-story house and courtyard, of which are excluded two storerooms which are not held in common but belong to other people; at the top of the sheet is a note which seems to indicate that the contract (or this copy of it?) is void; in the upper left-hand margin are the descriptions of the contracting parties, including the signatory of Potamon, whose signature is omitte in this copy of the subscriptions
- Subject Headings
- House
- House Ownership
- Literacy--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
- Sale
- Topography (Tebtynis?)
- Woman (& guardian)
- Persons
- Taaous daughter of Harobbroous, wife of Kronion;
- Kronion son of Papontos, husband and guardian of Taaous;
- Potamon son of Onnophris;
- Papontos son of Maron;
- Orseus son of Bryon;
- (unnamed) sons of Kronion, son of A[---]alis;
- Orsenouphis son of Belphis (see also P.Mich. II, p. 224; V, p. 389);
- Orseus son of Orses;
- Are . . .
- Translation
- (Top) (2nd hand) . . . 17.
- Void.
- (Left margin) (1st hand) Taaous, about 28 years old, with a scar on the wrist of her right hand, (and) with with long straight hair. Kronion, about 30 years old, with a scar in the middle of his face. Potamon, about 56 years old, with a scar on his right forearm. Signatory: Orseus, about 30 years old, with a scar on his right temple. (2nd hand) Are . . ., 22 years old, with a scar on the bend of his left hand and above his right eyebrow . . .
- (Subscription) I, Taaous, daughter of Harobbroous, with my guardian, my husband Kronion, son of Papontos, acknowledge that I have sold to Potamon, son of Onnophris, the fifth share, belonging to me by inheritance from my father, of a three-story house and courtyard, except for one room in the house, in which there is a storeroom in the gate building, which belongs to Papontos, son of Maron, and except for the storeroom on the first floor, inside the gate building, which belongs to Orseus, son of Bryon; everything regarding the aforesaid fifth share, with the exception of these rooms, being common and undivided with respect ot the same Potamon. The neighbors of the whole house and court are on the south the house and court of the sons of Kronion, son of . . ., on the north the house and court of Orsenouphis, son of Belphis, on the west the house of the aforesaid Kronion and his partners, on the east the royal road. And I have received from Potamon the entire price agreed upon, in full, immediately, from hand to hand, out of the house, and I guarantee the sale with every guarantee from both public and private debts and every claim forever as aforesaid. Orseus, son of Orses, wrote for them because they are illiterate.
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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 298 Husselman EM, PMich V, 298, 1944 -- BL III, 115 (l.5; 6) BL III, 115 (l.5; 6)
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- C.B. Welles, AJP 67 (1946) p. 89
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 1
- Year End
- 99
Technical Details
- Record
- 3091
- Link to this Item
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