P.Mich.inv. 724 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 724

Processing Number

3093

Section/Side

Recto

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso is blank

Connections

Duplicate of P.Mich.inv. 728. - Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis

Material

Pap

Size

14 x 22 cm

Items

1

Lines

41

Mounted

No

Negative

Yes

Conservation Status

broken off at the top; badly frayed at the top and bottom; damaged along a fold; ink rubbed off at places

Palaeographic Description

1st hand: a skilled and rather graceful cursive, very close to that of P.Yale 67 of 31 A.D.; 2nd and 3rd hands in an awkward, angular style. (Browne)

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

ca. 30 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

Kronion, son of [- - -]

Type of Text/Title of Work

Lease of Land

Content

Contract by which Kronion, son of [- - -], leases to Horos, son of Horos, and his two sons, Hermas and Horos, 13 arourai located in the vicinity of Theogonis for two years; one of the two parcels has to undergo a rotation of crops

Subject Headings

Leases-- Egypt--Theogonis(Extinct city)

Iranians--Egypt--Theogonis(Extinct city)

Literacy--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Irrigation--Egypt--Theogonis(Extinct city)

Agriculture--Egypt--Theogonis(Extinct city)

Rent-- Egypt--Theogonis(Extinct city)

Wheat--Egypt--Theogonis(Extinct city)

Crop rotation--Egypt--Theogonis(Extinct city)

Persons

Kronion son of [- - -];

Saturninus (see P.Mich. XII, p. 23);

Aphrodisios son of Herodes;

Horos son of Horos, Perses tes epigones;

Hermas son of Horos grandson of Horos, Perses tes epigones;

Horos son of Horos grandson of Horos, Perses tes epigones

Geographica

Theogonis; Aigyptios; Perses

Translation

[- - -] for the sowing of grass and aracus for thegrazing of sheep, without rent, Kronion, son of . . ., providing them(?) with seed, and the lessees maintaining the irrigation and dike systems and assuming the supervision of the green crops; and in the second year of the lease, for the same eight arourai to be used for the sowing of wheat, the rent in entirety, including eight artabai ofwheat which the lessees will receive as seed, in entirety is one hundred artabai of new, pure, unadulterated wheat, with a gratuity of one artabe of bread. For the other five arourai the rent in entirety per year, including two and one-half artabai of wheat which the lessees will receive as seed, in entirety per year is forty artabai of new, pure, unadulterated wheat, with a gratuity of one-half artaba of bread per year, all measured by the six-choinix measure of the granary of Saturninus.

This lease is free from every risk and every deduction, and the lessees will perform each year at the right time all the work on the allotment, viz. the requisite work on the dike and irrigation systems and in weeding and all the other agricultural tasks, and will cause no damage. The lessees will pay the designated rents each year in the month of Pauni and will transport them to the village of Theogonis. At the expiration of the period the lessees will surrender the allotment free from rushes, coarse grass, and all dirt, with the Egyptian reeds cut and the canal built up. It will, accordingly, not be permissible for the lessees to abandon the lease during the period.

Kronion guarantees the lease against public charges, irrespective of other debts which the lessees owe in accordance with a contract of loan and except for any lease which he (Kronion) has with him (sic) and anyone else.

Signatory: Aphrodisios, son of Herodes, about 35 years of age, with a scar below his right shin.

(2nd hand) I, Horos, son of Horos, and my sons, Hermas and Horos, all three Persians of the epigone and mutual sureties for recovery,have leased the above-mentioned thirteen arourai for the aforementioned two years, irrespective of other debts, either debts which we owe to Kronion with a contract of loan and (sic) apart from any lease which he has with us and anyone else, as stated above. Aphrodisios, son of Herodes, wrote for them, as they are illiterate.

(3rd hand) I, Kronion, son of . . ., have leased and will guarantee, as stated above.

(1st hand) Year . . . [- - -]

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3093

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
BASP 6	Browne GM	1969	5-9	SB X 10535	Browne GM, BASP 6, 5-9, 1969 -- SB X 10535
PMich XII	Browne GM	1975	633 (first copy)	Browne GM, PMich XII, 633 (first copy), 1975

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

30

Year End

30

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

3049 x 4254

File Size

2 MB

Record

3093

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3093/724r.tif content_copy

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