P.Mich.inv. 958 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 958

Processing Number

3188

Section/Side

Recto + Verso

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto + Verso

Connections

Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis

Material

Pap

Size

20.5 x 13.2 cm

Items

1

Lines

Recto - 20;

Verso - 1

Mounted

No

Negative

Yes

Conservation Status

broken off at the bottom, badly damaged along the folds

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

August 10, 26 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

Harmaeis and Patynis, both sons of Marepsemis, and Haryotes, son of Sokeus

Type of Text/Title of Work

Sublease of Land

Content

Unfinished contract by which Harmaeis and Patynis, both sons of Marepsemis, and Haryotes, son of Sokeus, sublease 18 arourai of land to Didymos the younger, son of Lysimachos

Subject Headings

Iranians--Egypt

Land Ownership

Lease

Persons

Tiberius, Emperor;

Harmaeis son of Marepsemis, Perses tes epigones;

Patynis son of Marepsemis, Perses tes epigones (see also P.Mich. V, 348);

Haryotes son of Sokeus the lesones, Perses tes epigones;

Didymos neoteros son of Lysimachos (see also P.Mich. V, p. 16-18);

Herakles son of Herakles alias ...deutes

Geographica

Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome

Translation

(Recto)

The twelfth year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, on the seventeenth of the month Hyperberetaios, Mesore 17, in Tebtynis in the division of Polemon of the Arsinoite nome. Harmaeis, about thirty-four years old, with a scar on the left shin, and Patynis, about twenty-nine years old, with a scar , both sons of Marepsemis, and Haryotes, son of Sokeus, the lesones, about forty-three years old, with a scar <- - ->, the three of them Persians of the epigone and mutual sureties for recovery, have leased (sic) to Didymos the younger, son of Lysimachos, about thirty years old, with a scar on the right shin, to have leased to him, from the land which they themselves have on lease from Herakles, son of Herakles, also called ...deutes, eighteen arourai of land, in two parcels, for the sowing of grass and aracus for the grazing of sheep. Didymos will provide himself with seed, and the lessees (sic) [will maintain the irrigation] and dike systems. [For the land, the lessors] have straightway received from [Didymos] from hand to hand [out of the house] . . .

(Verso)

. . . Didymos . . .

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3188

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich XII	Browne GM	1975	632	Browne GM, PMich XII, 632, 1975 -- The note on the Verso was not mentioned in the ed.pr.; its meaning is uncertain. (PH)	The note on the Verso was not mentioned in the ed.pr.; its meaning is uncertain. (PH)

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

26

Year End

26

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

2965 x 4170

File Size

2 MB

Record

3188

Link to this Item

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