Collection of Abstracts of Contracts (Eiromenon) Unknown scribe APIS michigan.apis.2748 (MiU)2748 p.mich.2.121 0163;2;121 p.mich;2;121 11964 11965 11964 11965 P.Mich.inv. 622 Day 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. IV, abstract 4 records a (demotic) alimentary contract, registered on May 21, 42 A.D. (see also Verso, col. III, 11); 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 sum Due 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 Arbor Pub. status: Recto; Verso: list of contracts (index of the Recto) Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis; see also note Greek 1 papyrus ; Total size of the roll: 2.39 m x 29 cm Large roll containing writing on both sides; broken off at the left of the Recto Recto, col. IV, abstract 4: 2 Source of description: Recto, col. IV, abstract 4

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 Egypt Onnophris Patynis son of Petesouchos and Soueris, husband of Tapnebtynis Tapnebtynis (Tapeseus), daughter of Horos and Taeus, wife of Patynis

Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

 APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent. English Greek Tali; Megalon Thouerion Archives--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city);vCatalogs. Dowry--Egypt--Tebtynis (Extinct city) Antenuptial contracts--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city) Home ownership--Egypt--Talei (Extinct city) Bracelets--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city) Notaries--Fees--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city) Talei (Extinct city) Documentary Papyrus
An alimentary contract for money of the value of 11 pieces of gold and the contract of surrender and preliminary sale, concerning the half-share belonging to me of a house helf jointly and undivided in Tali, in the so-called Great Thoerion.;And the dowry is 60 drachmai in silver, and as parapherna an armlet of silver of a weight of 4 drachmai of uncoined metal.;And Onnophris shares equally, and with equal right, with the children, whom we may have by one another, in the aforesaid half-share of a house.;Which contract Patynis, son of Petesouchos, his mother being Soueris, about 56 years old, with a scar on the left cheek, makes with Tapnebtynis, daughter of Horos, her mother being Taeus, about 50 years old, with a scar on the right forearm.;Signatory: Patynis, about 60 years old, with a scar on the left instep.;The rest in conformity.
Boak AER, JEA 12, 100-109, 1926 -- SB III 7260, col. IVd Boak AER, PMich II, 121, Recto, col. IV, iv, 1933 P.Mich.:2:121

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