Collection of Abstracts of Contracts (Eiromenon)Unknown scribeAPISmichigan.apis.2731(MiU)2731p.mich.2.1210163;2;121p.mich;2;12111964 1196511964 11965P.Mich.inv. 622Day by day register of abstracts of the contracts recorded at the record-office (grapheion) of Tebtynis during the four last months of the 2nd year of the Emperor Claudius. - Col. III, abstract 12 records a (demotic) alimentary contract, registered on May 20, 42 A.D. (see also Verso, col. III, 6); this so-called alimentary contract is in reality a property settlement entered into by persons already united in marriage, fixing the sum which the husband was obliged to pay to his wife in case of his divorcing her and describing the real properties which would become sureties for the payment of this sumDue to the size of this papyrus roll, its content has been divided in the present database into several cards: one for each column of the Verso (register of contracts), one for each abstract on the Recto (collection of abstracts of contracts, or eiromenon).Location: Ann ArborPub. status: Recto; Verso: list of contracts (index of the Recto)Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis; see also noteGreek1 papyrus ; Total size of the roll: 2.39 m x 29 cmLarge roll containing writing on both sides; broken off at the left of the RectoRecto, col. III, abstract 12: 4Source of description: Recto, col. III, abstract 12
The four columns of the Recto have an unusual widh of about 70 cm. - The writing is a small upright cursive, different from the Verso. (Boak)
(After) August 28, 42 A.D.Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptHerodes alias Orsenouphis, son of Herodes, husband of ThenchorephisThenchorephis, daughter of Orseus and TapnebtynisDiodorosPyrrhos
Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreekTebtynis; Kerkesoucha OrousArchives--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Dowry--Egypt--Tebtynis (Extinct city)Antenuptial contracts--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Land tenure--Egypt.Home ownership--Egypt--Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city)Stables--Egypt--Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city)Clothing and dress--Egypt--Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city)Jewelry--Egypt--Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city)Police--Egypt--Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city)Notaries--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Kerkesoucha Orous (Extinct city)DocumentaryPapyrus
Alimentary contract for money of the value of 11 pieces <of gold> and the contract of surrender and preliminary sale concerning the catoecic allotment of 2 arourai which belongs to me near Tebtynis, and near Kerkesoucha Orous the police allotment of 3 arourai which belongs to me, and near the same village of Kerksoucha Orous 3 3/4 arourai of an allotment of 7 arourai, and in the same village the half-share(?) of a house inherited from my father and an unroofed court, and of the other parcels in the same village the stable inherited from my father, and concerning whatever other property I may acquire from the present time, both movables and household furnishings and all that is owing to me in any way whatsoever.;And the dowry given is 60 drachmai of silver, including a robe, and as gifts (prosphorai) without valuation a golden ear-ring of 2 quarters and a golden lunette of 5 quarters and {a pair of ear-rings} silver armlets of a weight of 8 drachmai of uncoined metal.;Which contract Herodes, also called Orsenouphis, son of Herodes, about 38 years old, with a scar on the thumb of the left hand, makes with his wife Thenchorephis, daughter of Orseus, her mother being Tapnebtynis, about 30 years old, with a scar in the middle of the forehead.;Signatories: Diodoros, about 47 years old, with a scar in the middle of the forehead, and for the other party Pyrrhos, about 40 years old, with a scar on the forefinger of the right hand.;The rest in conformity.
Boak AER, JEA 12, 100-109, 1926 -- SB III 7260, col. IV (sic) Boak AER, PMich II, 121, Recto, col. III, xii, 1933P.Mich.:2:121
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