P.Corn. Inv. II 38 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Corn. Inv. II 38
Processing Number
3255
Section/Side
Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto-verso
Material
Pap
Size
24 x 12.5 cm
Items
1
Lines
30 lines
Mounted
No
Conservation Status
Well preserved at all sides. Only the right bottom is damged and some letters are lost.
Palaeographic Description
The papurus is written in a clear but rather coarse hand. It is upright with some affinity to semi-literary hands. The subscriiption is in the same hand as the body of the documnet
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
19 September, 388 A.D.
Origin
Hermou polis, Hermopolite nome, Egypt
Provenance
Unknown
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Aurelios Taurinos
Type of Text/Title of Work
Offer to lease an orchard
Content
An offer to lease a date-palm orchard for a period of three years.
Persons
Theodosius, consul;
Flavius Cynegius, consul;
Aurelios Taurinos, son of Akylaos;
Akylaos, father of Aurelios Taurinos;
Aurelios Onnophris, son of Neilos;
Neilos, father of aurelios Onnophris;
Aurelios Kopreas
Geographica
Hermou polis
Timonthis
Translation
Consulship of our master Theodosius the eternal Augustus and Flavius Cynegius, vir clarissimus.
To Aurelios Taurinos, son of Akylaos, councilman of most illustrious Hermopolis, from Aurelius Onnophris son of Nilos, residing in your hamlet near Timonthis. I desire of my own free will and choice to lease from you for cultivation for a three-year period reckoned from the next month, Thoth, from the fruits of the fortunate third new indiction, the orchard belonging to you in your hamlet, containing date palms and citron trees, on condition that I demonstrate all the work of good cultivation in the said orchard and furnish to you, the landowner, on account of rent I will pay you each year without delay, and of course I, the farmer, am to make all water-pumping provision and keep the whole orchard flourishing (?)The lease is valid, and on formal interrogation I acknowledged it. The aforesaid consulship, Thoth 22nd. I, Aurelius Onnophris, the aforesaid, have leased as aforesaid.I, Aurelius Kopreas, upon request wrote for him, who is illiterate.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
RechPap 3 Lewis N 1964 33 planche I SB VIII, 9907 Lewis N, RechPap 3, 33, 1964, planche I -- SB VIII, 9907
Greek Bookhands of the Early Byzantine Period Cavallo G - Maehler H 1987 26-27 9a Cavallo G - Maehler H, Greek Bookhands of the Early Byzantine Period, 26-27, 1987, 9a

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
J Hermann, Studien zur Bodenpacht im Recht der graeco-aegyptischen Papyri, Muenchener Beitraege 41, 20-21, 25-43, 255-285

Cataloging

Cataloger
NL
Year Begin
388
Year End
388

Technical Details

Image Size
4260 x 6166
File Size
3 MB
Record
3255
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3255/c2_38r.tif

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