Lease of LandPatynis, son of HarpaesisAPISmichigan.apis.3103(MiU)3103p.mich.12.6340163;12;634p.mich;12;6341229812298P.Mich.inv. 735Unfinished contract by which Patynis, son of Harpaesis, leases to Orseus, son of Phasos, a catoecic allotment of seven aroruai located near Tebtynis, for one year; at the end, the scribe seems to have been confused about the number of lessor(s) and lessee(s)Location: Ann ArborPub. status: Recto; Verso is blankArchive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of TebtynisGreek1 papyrus ; 11.8 x 29 cmbroken off at the top; much damaged along folds25Source of description: Recto25-26 A.D.Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptPatynis son of HarpaesisOrseus son of Phasos, georgos, Perses tes epigones (see also P.Mich. II, 121, recto, col. IV, abstract 12Tiberius, EmperorIulia Augusta(unnamed) children of Germanicus Caesar
Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreekArsinoite nome; Perses; Tkanabis (Kanabis); Egyptios (Aigyptios)Leases-- Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Wheat--Harvesting--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Farmers-- Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Rent-- Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Land use, Rural-- Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Granaries--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)Iranians--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)DocumentaryPapyrus
[- - -] of the Arsinoite nome. Patynis, son of Harpaesis, about sixty-four(?) years old, [of medium height], black-skinned, long-faced . . ., with a scar on the left cheek, acknowledges to Orseus, son of Phasos, farmer, Persian of the epigone, about thirty-five years old, with a scar on the right knee, that he has leased to him for the coming thirteenth year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus the catoecic allotment which belongs to Patynis himself, and which consists of seven arourai stated to be in the Tkanabis district, seven arourai of land or however many there are, on the basis of half shares, free from public charges, for the cultivation of wheat, (the rent being) in entirety forty artabai of wheat measured by the four-choinix measure of the granary of Iulia Augusta and the children of Germanicus Caesar, Caesares, all the expenses devolving upon both of them, which he will pay (sic) in the month of Pauni, free from rushes, coarse grass, and all dirt, with the Egyptian reeds cut. The right of execution rests with both of them or with their representatives on both of them and on all his property as if in accordance with a legal decision. The lease is guaranteed by Patynis on the above-mentioned terms both (sic) from public charges.;Signatories: for Orseus, son of Phasos, . . .