P.Mich.inv. 755 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 755
Processing Number
3113
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
6.5 x 22 cm
Items
1
Lines
41
Mounted
No
Negative
No
Conservation Status
badly frayed, if not broken off, at the top and bottom, and in other places the ink has been wholly rubbed off
Palaeographic Description
a medium upright cursive, like the hand of many grapheion documents of the time of Kronion's administration (Boak)
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
(Early) 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
Orsenouphis and his brother Peteeus, and Paches
Type of Text/Title of Work
Division of Property
Content
Draft(?) of a contract of division, among two brothers, Orsenouphis and Peteeus, and a third man, Paches, of a catoecic allotment of 12 arourai, previously owned by the father of Orsenouphis and Peteeus and by the deceased brother of Paches
Subject Headings
Irrigation
Land Ownership
Persons
Orsenouphis
Peteeus;
Paches;
Paches, deceased brother of the aforementioned Paches;
Papnebtynis son of Peteso(--) (Petesouchos?);
Horos son of Harpais
Translation
(4 lines too damaged to be translated)
[- - -] about 25 years old, with a scar on his forehead to the right, (acknowledge) that they have divided among themselves by agreement the whole property held in common by the father of Orsenouphis and Peteeus and Paches, the deceased brother of Paches, twelve arourai of a catoecic allotment or however many there may be in one parcel. Orsenouphis and Peteeus have obtained as the share falling to them seven arourai - to Orsenouphis two arourai and to Peteeus the remaining five arourai, making seven arourai in all - from the northern part of the whole allotment extending from south to north; of which the whole seven arourai, the neighbors are, on the south the remaining five arourai, on the north the allotment of Papnebtynis, son of Petesouchos(?), 'which the allotment adjoins' <or: through which the allotment is drained>, on the west a public canal by which the allotment is irrigated, on the east the allotment of Horos, son of Harpais. And Paches himself has obtained five arourai.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich V Boak AER 1944 327 Boak AER, PMich V, 327, 1944

Availability/System Requirements

Institution
sc

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
1
Year End
99

Technical Details

Image Size
3480 x 4608
File Size
2 MB
Record
3113
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3113/755r_b.tif

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