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Title list of money and utensils
Author unknown
Summary This papyrus contains a list of money and utensils, provided for the sister of the writer; the reason for the provision is not stated, but may have been made because the father was away in another village.
Citations Husselman EM, BASP 19, 61-2, 1982, Photo
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 523
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 13/5 x 13.5 cm.
Condition This light-brown document is regularly cut on all sides but damaged at the top and bottom. A kollesis near the right edge. (TC)
Lines 1-13
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto
Hands This document is written in a sloping semi-cursive hand, probably to be dated in the fourth century.
Origin unknown
More from unknown
Language Coptic
Date IVth century A.D.
More from the period between 300 CE and 399 CE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Recto; Verso is blank
Note (related) -
Subjects Nemhate; Swine--Egypt.; Sheep--Egypt.; Wine and wine making--Egypt.; Sisters--Egypt.; Bread--Egypt.; Oils and fats--Egypt.; Cupboards--Egypt.; Hides and skins--Egypt.; Fathers--Egypt.; Bronze implements--Egypt.; Pots--Egypt.; Knives--Egypt.; Papyrus; documentary
Images Recto thumbnail
Images Recto medium
Images Recto large
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

"The account of the utensils which I provide for my sister.;For the year in which my father dwelt in Nemhate, that is, the fifteenth year of the indiction. 8 nomismata;The eleventh year of the indiction: for loaves of bread and wine which she sold while I was in Nemhate and kept for herself: total - - 6 nomismata;For the pig which she sold 10 nomismata;For the utensils which she received from ;my father 2 knives;Bronze utensils 3;Garments of sheepskin (?) 2;A vessel holding a spathion (?) of oil 1;A pot 1;A large cupboard (?) 1."