P.Mich.inv. 942 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 942

Processing Number

3174

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

14 x 28.2 cm

Items

1

Lines

37

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

Slightly broken off on the left side; damaged along the folds

Palaeographic Description

1st hand: fine small hand, with the lines crowded together toward the end, showing that the body of the contract was inserted after the subscriptions were written; 2nd and 3rd hands are crude, with much misspelling (Husselman)

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

July 24, 44 A.D.

Origin

Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Provenance

Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition

June 1922; Acquired from Nahman through the British Museum

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Taorseus, daughter of Petermouthis

Type of Text/Title of Work

Release of Inheritance

Content

Contract by which Taorseus, daughter of Petermouthis, agrees to resign to her half-sister Taorseus, daughter of Ptolemaios, her share of some building sites left by their mother, Tapnebtynis.

Subject Headings

Family

House Ownership

Literacy--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Inheritance

Woman (& guardian)

Persons

Claudius, Emperor;

Taorseus daughter of Petermouthis and Tapnebtynis, wife of Polydeukes;

Polydeukes son of Polydeukes,husband and guardian of Taorseus daughter of Petermouthis;

Taorseus daughter of Ptolemaios and Tapnebtynis, wife of Hatres;

Hatres son of Hatres grandson of Cheos, husband and guardian of Taorseus daughter of Ptolemaios;

Tapnebtynis daughter of Lykos, deceased mother of Taorseus, daughter of Petermouthis, and Taorseus, daughter of Ptolemaios;

Zoilos son of Horion

Geographica

Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome

Translation

The fourth year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the thirtieth of the month Gorpiaios, Epeiph the thirtieth, in Tebtynis in the division of Polemon of the Arsinoite nome. Taorseus, daughter of Petermouthis, about twenty-seven years old, with a scar on her forehead at the right, with her guardian, her husband Polydeukes, son of Polydeukes, about thirty-nine years old, with a scar on his right shin, acknowledges to her sister by the same mother, Taorseus, daughter of Ptolemaios, about thirty-three years old, with a scar on her right knee, with her guardian, her husband Hatres, son of Hatres, son of Cheos, about thirty-seven years old, with a scar on his right forearm, that she has released to her all the shares of old building sites in the aforesaid village of Tebtynis, bequeathed by the mother of both of them, Tapnebtynis, daughter of Lykos, and that neither she, the acknowledging party, Taorseus, nor anyone else in her behalf, nor her assigns, will proceed against Taorseus, the daughter of Ptolemaios, or make any claim either in regard to the property or any other transaction or debt whatever, written or unwritten, up to the present day, because she is satisfied. If Taorseus, daughter of Petermouthis, should violate any of these terms, the act of aggression or accusation shall be invalid for her and for everyone acting in her behalf, and she shall pay twice the damages and expenses and a fine of two hundred drachmai in silver, and the same sum to the treasury, and the terms agreed upon shall be valid. Her husband, Polydeukes, wrote the subscription for the acknowledging party, Taorseus, and Zoilos, son of Horion, about twenty-two years old, with a scar on the right side of his forehead, (wrote) for the others.

(2nd hand) I, Taorseus, daughter of Petermouthis, with my guardian, my husband Polydeukes, son of Polydeukes, acknowledge that I have released to my aforesaid sister by the same mother, Taorseus, daughter of Ptolemaios, the shares of the old building sites in Tebtynis, bequeathed by the mother of both of us, Tapnebtynis, daughter of Lykos, and that I will not proceed against her or make any claim,a nd that no one else shall in my behalf, against Taorseus or against her assigns with regard to these shares or anything else, since I have consented as aforesaid. I, Polydeukes, son of Polydeukes, wrote for my wife since she is illiterate, and I have been registered as her guardian.

(3rd hand) I, Taorseus, daughter of Ptolemaios, with my guardian, my husband Hatres, son of Hatres, son of Cheos. The acknowledgment was made to me as aforesaid. Zoilos, son of Horion, wrote for them because 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	351	Husselman EM, PMich V, 351, 1944 -- L. 17: read [he] ephodos kai he enklisis, instead of ephodos e enklisis. (PH)	L. 17: read [he] ephodos kai he enklisis, instead of ephodos e enklisis. (PH)

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

44

Year End

44

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

4195 x 3480

File Size

730 KB

Record

3174

Link to this Item

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