Collection of Abstracts of Contracts (Eiromenon)Unknown scribeAPISmichigan.apis.2751(MiU)2751p.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. IV, abstract 7 records an acknowledgment of receipt of a deposit of 700 drachmai, placed by a woman at the disposal to her husband; this debt is said to be distinct and separate from his obligations toward her arising from an alimentary contract drawn up between them 20 years previously, probably at the time of their marriage; the acknowledgment of receipt was registered on May 22, 42 A.D. (see also Verso, col. III, 14)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 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. IV, abstract 7: 4Source of description: Recto, col. IV, abstract 7
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 son of Heraklides, husband of Apias, Perses tes epigonesApias daughter of Sokrates, wife of HerodesTiberius, former EmperorPatynis, tekton <or: son of Tekton> (former owner)Heraklous, paidiske doule
Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreekPerses; TebtynisArchives--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city);vCatalogs.Debt--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Guardian and ward--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Dowry--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Husband and wife--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Contracts--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Loans--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Land tenure--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Iranians--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Carpenters--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Slaves--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)DocumentaryPapyrus
On the 27th. Herodes, son of Heraklides, a Persian of the epigone, about 35 years old, with a scar in the middle of the forehead, acknowledges to his wife, who is living in wedlock with him, Apias, daughter of Sokrates, about 37 years old, with a scar on the forehead to the right, together with her guardian Ptol(--), son of her full brother Petesouchos, about 30 years old, with a scar on the left wrist, that he has received from the two of them in cash from hand to hand out of the house 700 silver drachmai; apart from the other 560 silver drachmai which the contracting party Herodes owes Apias in accordance with another alimentary contract executed through the same grapheion in the 9th year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus on the 11th of the month Choiak; and the parapherna enumerated in the contract; and the 14 arourai, or however many there may be, in one parcel, of a catoecic allotment near the same village of Tebtynis formerly the property of Patynis the carpenter <or: son of Tekton>, which the said Apias has bestowed upon Herodes according to the same alimentary contract with Herodes; and the house-born slave girl named Heraklous whom <. . .> has given to the same Apias. And all that is in accordance with the aforesaid alimentary contract shall also be valid.;The rest in conformity.
Boak AER, PMich II, 121, Recto, col. IV, vii, 1933 -- BL III, 107 (l. 4); BL VI, 80 (l. 4); BLVII , 107 (l. 3)P.Mich.:2:121
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