P.Mich.inv. 92

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Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 92
Processing Number: 3158
Section/Side: Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: Recto; Verso is blank
Connections: Family archive of Pausiris, son of Pausiris
Material: Pap
Size: 21.2 x 16.4 cm
Items: 1
Lines: 1-21
Mounted: Yes
Negative: Yes
Conservation Status: This medium-brown papyrus is regularly cut off at all sides with a small rectangular piece cut off in the lower right corner.One kollesis visible in the left hand side. A few significant abrasions running vertically in the left and right hand sides of the papyrus, possibly where the papyrus was folded (TC).
Palaeographic Description: Semi-cursive of the early Roman period. Fairly generous margins have been left to the right (2.8 cm) and at the top (3.2 cm). The entire text has been crossed out as if erased (TC).
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: December 27, 73 A. D - January 25, 74 A. D.
Origin: Oxyrhynchos, Oxyrhinchite nome, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt
Provenance: Oxyrhynchos, Oxyrhinchite nome, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt (?)
Acquisition: purchased in Egypt by B.P. Grenfell and F.W. Kelsey in March-April 1920
Language: Greek
Genre: Documentary
Author: Pausiris, son of Pausiris
Type of Text/Title of Work: Loan of valuables
Content: Receipt in which Pausiris acknowledges the loan of three hundred drachmai of Augustan silver coinage.
Subject Headings: Banks and banking--Egypt--Oxyrhynchite Nome.; Loans--Egypt--Oxyrhynchite Nome.; Family--Egypt--Oxyrhynchite Nome.; Pregnancy--Egypt--Oxyrhynchite Nome.; Receipts (Acknowledgements)--Egypt--Oxyrhynchite Nome.; Bahnas¯a (Egypt); Drachma.; Interest rates--Egypt--Oxyrhynchite Nome.; Suretyship and guaranty--Egypt--Oxyrhynchite Nome.
Persons: Pausiris,; Ammonios,; Thaesis,; Dioskous,; Tauris,; Annibas,; Thoonis.
Geographica: Oxyrhynchos
Translation: "Pausiris, son of Pausiris, grandson of Ammonios, his mother being Thaesis, daughter of Dioskous, of the city of Oxyrhynchos, a Persian of the Epigone, to Tauris, her mother being Tauris, daughter of Annibas of the same city, who is acting with her guardian, her maternal uncle Thoonis, son of Annibas. I acknowledge that I have received from you at the Serapeum in the city of Oxyrhynchos through the bank of Ammonios, Sarapion and Co, [the capital sum of] three hundred [drachmai] of Augustan silver coinage, [that is 300 drachmai of silver], which includes one pair of gold earrings, forty drachmai in value, a chain of a weight of thirty drachmai of uncoined silver, [(something)], one hundred and sixty drachmai in value, and [(something)], worth eighty drachmai. I shall repay the aforesaid capital to you within thirty days of request. I further acknowledge that if there is a separation while you are pregnant, I shall pay you, aside from the aforesaid capital, another 100 drachmai of silver for the expense of childbirth. If I do not make repayment [as written, I shall pay] you the aforesaid capital with a penalty of one-half, [and you have the right of exaction upon me and everything] I own. [This document is enforceable wherever it is pro]duced [and for everybody producing it."
Papyri.info Link: https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.5123

Information on Publications

Publications: Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections

Multicultural Society Gagos T-Koenen L-McNellen BE 1992 181-205 Pl. 19.1 Gagos T-Koenen L-McNellen BE, Multicultural Society, 181-205 , 1992, Pl. 19.1 -- l. 12 [ogdo]ekonta for [hex]ekonta (PvM). l. 12 [ogdo]ekonta for [hex]ekonta (PvM).

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography: P. van Minnen, BASP 29 (1992) p. 172-174

Cataloging

Cataloger: TC
Year Begin: 73
Year End: 74

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 5690 x 7895
File Size: 843 KB
Record: 3158
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3158/92r_neg.tif

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Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
Multicultural Society	Gagos T-Koenen L-McNellen BE	1992	181-205	Pl. 19.1	Gagos T-Koenen L-McNellen BE, Multicultural Society, 181-205 , 1992, Pl. 19.1 -- l. 12 [ogdo]ekonta for [hex]ekonta (PvM).	l. 12 [ogdo]ekonta for [hex]ekonta (PvM).