Contract of Lease of LandHorion son of PapontosAPISmichigan.apis.2950(MiU)2950p.mich.9.5600163;9;560p.mich;9;5601205212052P.Mich.inv. 6831Contract by which Horion son of Papontos leases from Tithoes son Nepheros some tax-exempted land in the ousia of LiviaLocation: Ann ArborPub. status: Recto; Verso is blankGreek3 papyri ; 18.2 X 10.3 cmbroken off at the bottom; surface badly abraded, especially down the center20Source of description: Recto
See electronic version of PMich IX, 560
October 31, 46 A.D.Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptClaudius, EmperorHorion son of PapontosTithoes son of Nepheros, Perses tes epigonesLivia (see geographica)
Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreekKaranis, Herakleidou meris of the Arsinoite nome; ousia (former estate) of Livia; PersesFarmers--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Ethnic groups--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Land tenure--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Leases--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Iranians--EgyptTax exemption--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Contracts--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Scars--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Weights and measures, Ancient.Farm produce--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Field crops--Seeds--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Real property--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Transportation--Cost--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Freight and freightage--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)DocumentaryPapyrus
The seventh year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus the Emperor, the 4th of the month Neos Sebastos, in Karanis in the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. Horion, son of Papontos, about fifty years old, with a scar on the little finger of his left hand, has leased to Tithoes, son of Nepheros, a Persian of the epigone, about sixty years old, with a scar in the middle of his forehead, the aroura and one-half and one-eighth, or as many as may be, that he himself is cultivating near Karanis, part of the estate of Livia, which is tax-exempted, for the seventh year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus the Emperor for planting with vegetable seed. All the resulting produce and . . . [are to be brought] to the threshing floor, from which two shares will belong to Horion and one share to Tithoes. All the transportation charges to the threshing floor [shall be charged to Horion], the [work] of cultivation [to Tithoes] . . .
Husselman EM, PMich IX, 560, 1971 -- BL VII, 113 (on lines 8, 8-9); IX 162 (on line 13).P.Mich.:9:560