P.Mich.inv. 966 / Recto

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Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 966

Processing Number

3207

Section/Side

Recto, col. XIII-XIIIa

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso (and Recto, col. I): grapheion accounts

Connections

Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis; see also note

Material

Pap

Size

original size: 310 x 28 cm

Items

1

Lines

Recto, col. XIII - 50;

col. XIIIa - 7

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

Long roll broken at the right end, which was cut in seven pieces when housed into glass. - At the folds of the roll deep indentations have been worn from both edges toward the center of the sheet (the damage is most important in the right part of the roll). - The sheet bearing col. I of the recto and col. XI-XII of the Verso was attached to the rest after these columns had been written.

Palaeographic Description

medium-sized business hand (same as in P.Mich. II, 122)

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

(After) August 23, 46 A.D. (Recto, col. II-XXII)

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

Kronion son of Apion

Type of Text/Title of Work

Register of Documents Prepared at the Grapheion

Content

Recto, col. II-XXII presents a financial register (anagraphe) of all the documents drawn up day by day in the record-office (grapheion) of Tebtynis during the 6th year of the Emperor Claudius; the writing fee (grammatikon) charged for the preparation of each document is indicated, and periodic summaries of the income and disbursements of the record office are given (See also the accounts of expenditures made by the grapheion official contained in Recto, col. I, and Verso, col. I-XII). - Recto, col. XIII records the documents drawn up between March 12-31, 46 A.D.

Subject Headings

Archives--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)|vCatalogs.

Loans--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Dowry--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Debt--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Baths, Roman--Taxation--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Land tenure--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Tax collection--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Deposits (Law)--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Barley--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Leases--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Wheat--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Contracts--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Lodging-houses--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Nursing--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Fleece--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Feeds--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Donkeys--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Receipts (Acknowledgements)--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Pastures--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Slaves--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Lentils--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Rent--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Scribes--Fees--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Notaries--Fees--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)

Persons

Mytharion (Mystharion?);

Maron;

Heronas;

Orseus;

Herodes;

(another?) Maron;

Herakl(--);

Polykrates (& unnamed son);

Seras;

(another?) Orseus;

Tkyphis;

Apollonios;

Eutychos;

Mieus (son of Harmiysis?);

Horos;

Mieus son of Harmiysis (see also P.Mich. II, 123, Recto, col. V, 25);

Psenamounis;

Psyphis;

Sekonopis;

(another?) Psyphis;

(another?) Horos;

. . . mis;

Taaryos;

Petesouchos;

Heraklous, doule;

Patynis;

Peteesis;

Didymos;

Psosneus;

(another?) Apollonios;

Plosis;

Papontos;

Herakles;

Thenmarsisouchos (& unnamed husband);

Zoilos;

Thaesis, wife of Apynchis;

Apynchis, husband of Thaesis;

Demarion;

Tephersos;

Kronion son of Games (Kames) (see also P.Mich. II, p. 221);

Heraklea;

Tamystha;

Galates;

Thentitois, wife of Phason;

Lysas;

Phason, husband of Thentitois;

Phenias;

Peteeus;

[- - -] son(?) of Kantauros;

[- - -] and [- - -] sons/daughters of Phynix;

Tkin[- - -];

Anoubas

Translation

(Col. XIII)

[- - -] (Fee:) 2 drachmai.

[- - -] (Fee:) . . obols.

[- - -] (Fee:) 9 obols.

[- - -] (Fee:) 10 obols. And(?) lease to Mytharion. (Fee:) . . silver drachmai.

[- - -] 280 silver drachmai [- - -]. (Fee:) 4 drachmai.

On the 16th (of Phamenoth). [- - -] 24 silver drachmai [- - -]. (Fee:) 7 obols.

[- - -] (Fee:) 16 drachmai.

Acknowledgment of receipt of a dowry of 60 drachmai, [(made) by - - - to - - -] and another. (Fee:) 4 drachmai.

[- - -] concerning a shipment. (Fee:) 18 obols.

Agreement of sale of 7 arourai of fodder, (made) by [- - -] and his son to Maron. He owes the fee.

On the 20th. Agreement of obligation to remain in service for the sum of 40 silver drachmai, (made) by Heronas to Orseus. (Fee:) 14 obols.

Agreement of lease, by way of payment in advance, of 10 arourai, (made) by Herodes to Maron. (Fee:) 4 drachmai.

Agreement of lease, by way of payment in advance, of 10 arourai, (made) by Herodes to Herakl(--). (Fee:) 4 drachmai.

On the 22nd. Agreement (of - - -) of 15 artabai of barley, (made) by Polykrates and his son to Seras. (Fee:) 8 obols.

On the 23rd. Acknowledgment of deposit of 12 drachmai and - - -, (made) by Orseus to Tkyphis. (Fee:) 8 obols.

On the 24th.Agreement of sale of a donkey, (made) by Apollonios to Eutychos. Gratis.

On the 26th. Acknowledgment of receipt of 380 drachmai, (made) by Mieus and another to Horos and another. (Fee:) 3 drachmai.

Petition, (made) by Mieus, son of Harmiysis. (Fee:) 2 obols.

Acknowledgment of deposit of 48 drachmai, (made) by Orseus and his wife to Eutychos. [(Fee:) - -]

Agreement of lease of 11 3/4 arourai, (made) by Psenamounis to Psyphis. (Fee:) 15 1/2 obols.

Agreement of lease of 2 arourai, (made) by Sekonopis to Psyphis. (Fee:) 10 obols.

Lease of 2 shares of pasture lands and of . . . for a rental of 764 silver drachmai, (made) by Horos and others to . . . mis. (Fee:) 6 drachmai.

On the 27th. Agreement of sale of a slave (called) Heraklous, (made) by Taaryos to Petesouchos. (Fee:) 12 silver drachmai.

Similarly (received) through Patynis [- - -] records of the tax on transfer (enkyklion): 4 drachmai.

Agreement for mowing 52 1/2 arourai for a salary of 210 silver drachmai, (made) by Peteesis and another to Didymos. (Fee:) 4 drachmai.

Lease of 3 shares of a bath for 525 silver drachmai, (made) by Didymos and others to Psosneus. (Fee:) 4 drachmai.

On the 29th. Lease of 4 arourai, (made) by Apollonios to Plosis. (Fee:) 2 silver drachmai.

Total (of the fees paid in copper): 180 1/2 obols, which (equal) 24 silver drachmai 6 1/2 obols; and 121 silver drachmai: total for the Mecheir: 145 silver drachmai 20 1/2 obols.

On the 1st of Pharmouthi. Agreement (of - - -) of lentils for 52 drachmai, (made) by Papontos to Herakles. (Fee:) 2 drachmai.

Acknowledgment of receipt of a maintenance, (made) by Thenmarsisouchos and her husband to Zoilos. (Fee:) 21 obols.

Agreement for nursing a slave, (made) by Thaesis and her husband to Demarion.

'Payment of the shearings of 140 sheep, (made) by P- - - and another to Phabas. (Fee:) 11 obols.'

Loan of 120 silver drachmai, (made) by Demarion to Apynchis and his wife. (Fee) of the two (documents drawn for these persons): 4 drachmai.

Agreement to furnish lodging for the sum of 52 silver drachmai, (made) by Apynchis and his wife to Tephersos. (Fee:) 12 obols.

Agreement (of - - -) of 20 silver drachmai, (made) by Orseus to Kronion, son of Games. (Fee:) 6 obols.

Agreement for nursing (a slave) and loan of 120 silver drachmai, (made) by Heraklea and others to Tamystha. (Fee:) 2 silver drachmai.

Agreement of lease, by way of payment in advance, of 5 arourai, (made) by Galates to Didyme. (Fee:) 3 drachmai.

On the 4th. Agreement for nursing a slave, (made) by Thentitois and her husband to Lysas, (and),

on the 5th, loan of 120 silver drachmai, (made) by Lysas to Phason and his wife Thentitois. (Fee) for the two (documents): 2 drachmai.

'Agreement of deposit of 240 silver drachmai and 8 artabai of wheat, (made) by Phenias to Peteeus. (Fee:) 14 obols, of which he owes [- -]'

Lease of 6 arourai, [(made) by - - - to (- - -)] son(?) of Kantauros. (Fee:) 9 obols.

[- - -] both (sons/daughters) of Phynix. (Fee:) 4 silver drachmai.

[Total] up to the 8th of Pharmouthi

(Traces of 5 more lines.)

(Col. XIIIa)

(Traces of 5 lines)

[- - ] and for a division (of property) of Anoubas: 4 drachmai.

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3194

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich II	Boak AER	1933	123, Recto, col. XIII-XIIIa	Boak AER, PMich II, 123, Recto, col. XIII-XIIIa, 1933 -- BL III, 108 (l. 30)	BL III, 108 (l. 30)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

H.C. Youtie apud L.C. West-A.C. Johnson, Currency in Roman and Byzantine Egypt (Princeton, 1944) p. 48.

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

46

Year End

46

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

3909 x 3474

File Size

2 MB

Record

3207

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