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Pap. London, British Library Pap 1790

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Pap. London, British Library Pap 1790
Publication Number P.Lond. V 1730
Current Location London, British Library
Publication Status published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site Aswan / Syene (Swn; Συήνη, סונ, ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲛ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance District Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery purchase
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) R. de Rustafjaell
Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt Aswan / Syene
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution purchase
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution between 1907 and
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Harold I. Bell
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type papyrus
Dating between 585 and
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation complete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object recto/verso
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) parallel (recto) and perpendicular (verso)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) complete
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, byzantine cursive, hand of Marcus, son of Apa Dios.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 30 1
Quantity of Columns 1 1
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Cession (transfer of house share)
Ancient Archives private archive | Patermouthis
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | account
Summary of Content Ioannes assigns to his sister Kako (here called Tkako) and her husband Patermuthis (here Patermuthios) his share of their grandmother Tlou's house (inherited from their recently deceased father Iakobos) in return for the couple's promise fully to maintain the aged woman. Any attempt to revoke the assignment is subject to a penalty of one ounce of gold. The formulae of the Transfer clause resemble those in P. Munch. 10. (Porten)
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text ok (hands ok) translation J. J. Farber in Pap.Eleph.Eng. (1996) D41
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man Woman
Comment on Gender woman as contractant woman as recipient of care (grandmother)
Religion Christianity
Comment on Religion Christogramm

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
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1βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλαυΐου Μαυρικίου Τιβερίου τοῦ
2αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου Αὐτοκράτορος καὶ μεγίστου εὐεργέτου ἔτους τετάρτου Μεσορὴ κθ
3τῆς τετάρτης ἰνδικτίονος ἐν Συήνῃ.
4Φλαύϊος Ἰωάννης ἐκ πατρὸς Ἰακώβου στρατιώτης ἀριθμο Συήνης ὁρμώμενος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς
5ναύτης τὸ ἐπιτήδευμα ὁ · καὶ ἑξῆς ὑπογραφέα παρέχων τὸν ὑπὲρ αὐτον 1 l. αὐτοῦ ὑπογράφοντα καὶ
6μάρτυρας τοὺς ἑξῆς προσμαρτυροῦντας τῇδε τῇ βεβαίᾳ ὁμολογίᾳ vac. ? Φλαυΐῳ Πατερμουθίῳ υἱῷ Μηνᾶ
7στρατιώτῃ ἀριθμοῦ Ἐλεφαντίνης ὁρμωμένῳ δὲ ἐν Συήνῃ καὶ τῇ τούτου συμβίῳ Αὐρηλίᾳ Τκακὼ ἰδίᾳ μου ὁμογνησίᾳ
8ἀδελφῇ χαίρειν. ἐπειδὴ πρὸ ὀλίγων ἡμερῶν τέλει τοῦ βίου ἐχρήσατο ὁ ἐμὸς πατὴρ 2corr. ex ι(ϊ) ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ Ἰακὼβ
9καὶ τὸ μέρος οἰκίας τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Τλοῦ ἀνέδραμεν εἰς ἡμᾶς ὥστε τραφῆναι αὐτὴν
10ἄχρι τῆς αὐτῆς τελευτῆς ἅμα τῶν ἐξ αὐτῆς γεννηθέντων υἱῶν ὑπὲρ ὀνόματος τοῦ
11ἀναπαυσαμένου ἡμῶν πατρὸς Ἰακώβου, ἐν δὲ τῷ παρόντι καιρῷ ὑπομνησθεὶς παρʼ αὐτῆς
12ὑπὲρ τοῦ μέρους μου ἀναλώματος τε καὶ δαπανήματος καὶ τροφῆς οὐκ ἐδυνήθην τοῦτο
13ἀπολογεῖσθαι διὰ τὴν συνεχομένην μοι ἀσθένειαν παρακλήσεις πολλὰς προσενήνοχα 3corr. ex ̣ ̣οσενηνοχα ὑμῖν
14δέξασθαι παρʼ ἐμοι 4 l. ἐμοῦ τὸ λαχόν μοι μέρος οἰκίας αὐτῆς καὶ χρεια 5 l. χρείας αὐτῆς, χωρηγηθεντος 6 l. χορηγηθησομένης,
15παρʼ ὑμῶν πάσης τῆς καθημερινῆς τροφῆς. ἐζητήσατε οὖν λαβεῖν ἀσφάλειαν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ
16περὶ τούτου. κατὰ τοῦτο ἥκω εἰς ταύτην τὴν ἔγγραφον ὁμολογίαν 7corr. ex α̣σ̣φ̣α̣λ̣ε̣ι̣α̣ν̣ διʼ ἧς ὁμολογῶ ἀποτετάχθαι
17ὑμῖν τὸ μέρος αὐτῆς οἰκίας καὶ οἰκοσκευοις 8 l. οἰκοσκεύῃ συλήσι 9 l. συλήσει ἀντὶ τοῦ προειρημένου ἀναλώματος
18καὶ δαπανήματος αὐτῆς καὶ μηκέτι μηδένα λόγον ἔχω πρὸς ὑμᾶς περὶ τούτου διὰ τὸ ἐμὲ οὕτω
19δεδόχθαι καὶ κατὰ παράκλησιν ἐμὴν συνετάξατε τοῦτο ποιῆσαι καὶ μὴ ἐγκαλεῖν ὑμῖν μήτε
20ἐγκαλέσειν μήδʼ ἕτερόν τινα τῶν ἐξ ἐμοῦ ὀνόματος ἐν τῷ νῦν καὶ ἐν μηδένι καιρῷ κατὰ μηδένα
21τρόπον ἀφορμὴν ἢ μέθοδον ἢ εὐρεσιλογίαν 10 l. εὐρησιλογίαν· εἰ δὲ βουληθείην ἐγκαλεῖν ὑμῖν ἕνεκεν τούτου
22ἐφʼ ᾧ ἐμὲ διδόναι λόγῳ καταδίκης χρυσοῦ ὀγγίαν 11l. οὐγκίαν μίαν ἔργῳ καὶ δυνάμει ἀπαιτουμενα 12 l. ἀπαιτουμένην ἐκ τῆς ἐμῆς
23ὑποστάσεως καὶ εἰς ὑμῶν ἀσφάλειαν ἐθέμην τὴν παροῦσαν ὁμολογίαν τῆς παραχωρήσεως
24κυρίαν οσαν καὶ βεβαίαν καὶ ἔννομον ἁπανταχοῦ προφερομένην μεθʼ ὑπογραφῆς
25τοῦ ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ὑπογράφοντος καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς κατὰ πρόσωπον ὡμολόγησα καὶ ἀπέλυσα. ☧
26Ἰωάννης Ἰακώβουπροκείμενος ἐθέμην τούτην 13l. ταύτην τὴν ὁμολογίαν ἤτοι ἀποταγὴν καὶ στοιχεῖ μοι πάντα ὡς πρόκειται. †
27Φλαύιος Μηνᾶς Ἀβρααμίου σ̣τρατιώτης Συήνης ἀξιωθεὶς ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ 14corr. ex αυτης γράμματα μὴ εἰδότος. † †
28Φλαύιος Ἄπα Δῖος Ἰωάννου Συήνης μαρτυρῶ. † Φλαύιος Κόλουθος Βίκτωρ 15 l. Βίκτορος στρατιώτης Συή-
29νης μαρτυρῶ. † Φλαύιος Μουσαῖος Βίκτορος στρατιώτης ἀριθμοῦ Συήνης μαρτυρῶ. †
30 † διʼ ἐμοῦ Μάρκου Ἄπα Δίου ἐγράφη. †

1 l. αὐτοῦ
2 corr. ex ι(ϊ) ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣
3 corr. ex ̣ ̣οσενηνοχα
4 l. ἐμοῦ
5 l. χρείας
6 l. χορηγηθησομένης
7 corr. ex α̣σ̣φ̣α̣λ̣ε̣ι̣α̣ν̣
8 l. οἰκοσκεύῃ
9 l. συλήσει
10 l. εὐρησιλογίαν
11 l. οὐγκίαν
12 l. ἀπαιτουμένην
13 l. ταύτην
14 corr. ex αυτης
15 l. Βίκτορος
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31(hand 6?) † ὁμολογία γεναμένη Ἰωάννου Ἰακώβου ναύτου ἀπὸ Συήνης vac. ? πρὸς Πατερμούθιον καὶ Τκακὼ σύμβιον.
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1☧ In the fourth year of the reign of our most divine and pious master Flavius Mauricius Tiberius,
2the eternal Augustus, Emperor, and greatest benefactor, Mesore 29,
3in the fourth indiction, in Syene.
4Flavius Ioannes, whose father (is) Iakobos, soldier of the regiment of Syene, originating from the same Syene,
5boatman by trade, and providing a signatory below signing on his behalf and
6witnesses bearing additional witness below to this warranted acknowledgment, to Flavius Patermuthios son of Menas,
7soldier of the regiment of Elephantine, originating in Syene, and to his wife, Aurelia Tkako, my own
8 sister of the same family, greeting. Since a few days ago, my father Iakobos came to the end of his life
9and the share of his mother Tlou's house devolved upon us so that we, might feed her
10together with the sons born of her until her death in the name of
11our late father Iakobos, at the present occasion, reminded by her
12about my share of the expense and cost and maintenance, I was not able
13to pay because of my continuing weakness, I have presented to you many entreaties
14to receive from me the share allotted to me of her house and her necessities,
15with all her daily maintenance to be supplied by you. Therefore, you sought to receive a security from me
16concerning this. Accordingly, I have come to this written acknowledgment through which I acknowledge that I have renounced
17in your favor the share of her house and household furniture in return for her said expense
18and cost. And I no longer have any claim against you concerning this because I have thus
19decided, and in accord with my entreaty you have arranged to do this. And I may not sue you nor
20shall I sue nor shall anyone else in my name now, or on any occasion, in any
21way, pretext or stratagem or sophistry. But if I should wish to sue you on account of this,
22I acknowledge that I must offer as fine gold, one ounce, to be exacted by judgment and authority from my
23assets. And for your security I have had drawn up the present acknowledgment of cession,
24which is valid and warranted and lawful wherever brought forward, with the signature of
25the one signing on my behalf. And having been questioned face to face, I have expressed acknowledgment and executed the document ☧.
26(2nd hand) † I, Ioannes son of Iakob, the aforementioned, have had this acknowledgment drawn up, and everything is satisfactory to me as aforementioned. †
27 I , Flavius Menas son of Abraamios, soldier of Syene, having been asked, wrote on his behalf since he is not literate. ††
28(3rd hand) ☧ I, Flavius Apa Dios son of Ioannes, of Syene, bear witness: † (4th hand) † I, Flavius Kolouthos son of Victor, soldier of Sye-
29ne, bear witness. † (5th hand) I, Flavius Mousaios son of Victor, soldier of the regiment of Syene bear witness. †
30(1st hand) † Written by me, Markos son of Apa Dios. †
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31( 6th hand?) † Acknowledgment done by Ioannes son of Iakobos, boatman from Syene, (space) with Patermuthios and Tkako, his wife).
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Places (read out from edition)
  • Συήνης (places.xml#8)
  • Ἐλεφαντίνης (places.xml#3)
  • Συήνῃ (places.xml#8)
  • Συήνης (places.xml#8)
  • Συήνης (places.xml#8)
  • Συή- νης (places.xml#8)
  • Συήνης (places.xml#8)
  • Συήνης (places.xml#8)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    30520 man Aurelius / Flavius Patermouthis, son of Menas (alias Benne) and the mother Tsia Αὐρηλίῳ Πατερμουθίῳ Μηνᾶτος…… (), ⲡⲁⲧⲉⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Mauricius 04 Mesore 29 585 August 22 CE date in text;

     

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    Literature

     

    DatasetID 310332
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 19745
    Papyri.info ddbdp/p.lond;5;1730
    Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 310332 (= Pap. London, British Library Pap 1790), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.