Deed of suretyAurelius PeuthiosAPISmichigan.apis.2295(MiU)2295sb.18.139490239;18;13949sb;18;139491839118391P.Mich.inv. 474Deed in which Aurelius Peuthios pledges to act as surety for his brother, Aurelius Victor.Location: Ann ArborPub. status: Recto; Verso is blank-Greek1 papyrus ; 28.5 x 19 cm.A medium-brown papyrus of a very fine quality. It is partly regularly broken off at the top and left and right sides. Twelve vertical folds are still visible. The papyrus was rolled from right to left. A strip of papyrus approx. 2.5 cm. wide at the left side shows the fibers running vertically on both sides and seems to consist of three layers.1-18Source of description: Recto
Regular semi-cursive hand typical of the Byzantine period. At the top there is a free margin of approx. 1.5 cm. and at the left one of 3 cm. At the right the script sometimes extends to the edge.
April 3 (?), 541 A.D.Oxyrhynchite nome, province of EgyptFlavius Justinianus, emperorFlavius Justinus, consulFlavius PhilodemosFlavius JohannesPelagonAurelius Peuthios, son of Praus and Lia (mother)Aurelius Victor
Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt (?)
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreekArcadia, province;OxyrhynchusLand tenure, private economy, lawDocumentary; deedPapyrus
"Year 15 of the reign of our most godly and pious lord Flavius Justinianus, the eternal Augustus and Imperator, after the consulship of Flavius Justinus, the most illustrious, Pharmouthi 8, indiction 4. To Flavius Philodemos and Flavius Johannes the most notable scholastici of the court (?) of the province of Arcadia and consangineous brothers, sons of Pelagon of illustrious memory, of the illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites Aurelius Peuthios, son of Praus and the mother Lia, coming from the hamlet of Ammonianos of the Heracleopolite nome, of the estate of Your nobility, registered husbandman, greetings. I acknowledge of my own free will and deliberate choice, swearing by God Almighty and the piety and victory of the glorious triumphant genius, that I am surety and pledge to Your notability for Aurelius Victor, my consangineous brother of both parents, hsubandman, he too coming from the same estate and also registered husbandman, on the following terms. He shall stay and abide in the said estate and be responsible to Your notability for all that regards his person - - - correctly rendering and paying in full all the rents for cultivating the field under his charge, which belongs to the landlord, and the money-taxes for the D. V. fifth indiction - - -."