Agricultural AccountProbably Eirene, daughter of Orpheus or a representativeAPISmichigan.apis.2167(MiU)216752455245p.mich;3;200P.Mich.inv. 4226Annual summary of Eirene's gross income from direct operation of her orchard and from rents of other properties, followed by her outlay upon rent and taxes to the stateLocation: Ann ArborPub. status: Recto; see also P.Mich. inv. 4226 versoPapers of Eirene, daughter of Orpheus (see S.B. Pomeroy, Women in Hell.Egypt, p. 158-160)Greek1 papyrus ; 17.1 x 31 cmA large section, roughly wedge-shaped, is missing from the upper portionRecto - 31Source of description: Recto
The writing on both recto and verso is in medium-sized square letters (Schuman)
181-180 B.C.[?]Probably Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, EgyptSamȳsTesenouphis (son of Petous, Arsinoites) (see also P.Mich. III, 182183193MenelaosTheodoros
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreekAccounts--Egypt.Animal housing--Egypt.Mortgages--Egypt.Land value taxation--Egypt.Crown lands--Egypt.Landlord and tenant--Egypt.Debtor and creditor--Egypt.Farm produce--Egypt.Farm income--Egypt.Philadelphia (Egypt : Extinct city)650: Drachma.Talentum (The Latin word)Receipts (Acknowledgments)--Egypt.DocumentaryPapyrus
(Recto);;[- - -];Year 2, Thoth. Total income, 2[8] talents [4990 drachmai], viz. from garden, 23 talents 5000 drachmai; from figs and pomegranates of the first year (?), 4500; from maternal property, 4790; from Samos for henna oil, 400; from gardener, 1000; rent of Theodoros, 5500; other receits, altogether, for rents, 275 per month, = 3300; from pigeoncote for the 2nd year, 1 talent, and the 500 drachmai owed in addition up to Choiak; in the account of Tesenouphis, from wine, 8 keramia at 500, 4000; total, 28 talents 4990 drachmai.;From this amount: to the king for the dorea, owed for the 21st year, 1 talent 5000, and owed for the first year likewise for the dorea, 3 talents 1440; for the (parcel) on royal land, 1 talent 3000; for maternal property, 1500; for pigeoncote, 1000; on the mortgage, to Nikandros, 10 talents; total, 16 talents 5940; remainder, 11 talents 5050 drachmai.
Schuman VB, PMich III, 200, recto, 1936 -- BL III, 110 (l. 23; 27-28); BL VIII, 212 (l. 17; bibliography)