Loan of WheatGaius Iulius Apollinarius & Heranoubis son of DemasAPISmichigan.apis.2581(MiU)2581p.mich.9.5720163;9;572p.mich;9;5721206412064P.Mich.inv. 5890Text recording a short-termed loan of wheat made by Gaius Iulius Apollinarius to the priest Heranoubis son of Demas, who was farming a land acquired by Apollinarius at public auctionLocation: Ann ArborPub. status: Recto; Verso unpublishedArchive of Gaius Iulius Sabinus (& family)Greek1 papyrus ; 19.5 X 10 cmdamaged along the folds25Source of description: Recto
See electronic version of PMich IX, 572
October 10, 131 A.D.Arsinoiton polis, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptHadrianus, EmperorDidymos son of PtolemaiosHeranoubis son of Demas grandson of Abykis, hiereus AnoubeosPtolemaios son of Sokrates (former owner)Chairemon son of Sokrates (former owner)
Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreekPlateia Gymnasiou (Arsinoiton polis); KaranisAgriculture--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Banks and banking--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Literacy--Egypt--Karanis(Extinct city)Land tenure--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Loans--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Citizenship--Rome.Priests--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Auctions--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Karanis (Extinct city)--Religion.ArsinoČ˝ (Fayy-um, Egypt : Extinct city)--Surveys.Sales--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)Wheat--Karanis (Extinct city)DocumentaryPapyrus
The sixteenth year of the Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, Phaophi 5, through the bank of Didymos, son of Ptolemaios, in the street of the Gymnasium. Gaius Iulius Apollinarius (advises) Heranoubis, son of Demas, the son of Abykis, about 60 years old, with a scar on his left eyebrow, priest of Anubis of the village of Karanis, illiterate, that he (Heranoubis) has received from Gaius from the rents which he (Gaius) has for the arourai which he (Heranoubis) has been farming, which formerly belonged to Ptolemaios and Chairemon, both sons of Sokrates, and which Gaius happens to have bought at public auction from the treasury, twenty-nine and two-thirds artabai of wheat, which he (Heranoubis) will repay in two instalments, one-half on the thirtieth of the present month and the rest on the thirtieth of the month Hathyr of the present year, measured with the public measure, without delay. If he does not repay the grain, he shall pay the highest current price at the time.