Pap. London, British Library Pap 1791

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Pap. London, British Library Pap 1791
Publication Number	P.Lond. V 1732
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 586 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 (verso) and perpendicular (recto)
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, scribe Aurelius Iakob, son of Apa Dios
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	10	1
Quantity of Columns	1	1
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Surety bond
Ancient Archives	private archive \| Patermouthis
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Aurelius Iakob, son of Apa Dios Dios, son of Papnouthis
Text Types	documentary documentary \| contract
Summary of Content	Iakob, an otherwise unknown boatman, guarantees to Patermouthis that two other persons will appear at an arbitration hearing before a judge and will accept his decision. He supports his guarantee with a pledge of three gold solidi. Presumably Patermouthis was party to the arbitration. (Farber/Porten D 44)
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Comments on Text	ok (hands ok) translation J. J. Farber in Pap.Eleph.Eng. (1996) D44
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Religion	Christianity
Comment on Religion	Christogramm

Text

Transcription

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1	☧ Αὐρήλιος Ἰακὼβ υἱὸς Ἄπα Δίου ναύτης ἀπὸ Συήνης † Φλαυΐῳ Παθερμουθίῳ
2	υἱῷ Μηνᾶ σ̣τ̣ρατιώτῃ ¹ corr. ex συη ἀριθμοῦ Φιλῶν ναυτης ² l. ναύτῃ ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς Συήνης χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ
3	ἐγὼ ὁ προγεγραμμένος ἐγγυᾶσθαι καὶ ἀναδεδέχθαι τὸν Ψανο καὶ Σανμοου
4	ὥσδε ³ l. ὥστε παρασκευσαι ⁴l. παρασκευάσαι εἰς δίαιταν τῷ εὐδοκιμωτάτῳ Μά̣ρκῳ τῷ λογιωτάτῳ δικα̣στην ⁵ l. δικαστῇ
5	ὥσδε ⁶ l. ὥστε ἀγροᾶ̣σθαι ⁷l. ἀκροᾶσθαι καὶ στέρξαι καὶ ἐμμεῖναι τα ⁸l. τοῖς ὁρισθησομενα ⁹ l. ὁρισθησομένοις εἰ δὲ μὴ στερξαι ¹⁰ l. στέρξειαν
6	καὶ ἐμμειναι ¹¹l. ἐμμείνειαν τα ¹²l. τοῖς κριτηρια ¹³ l. κριτηρίοις ἐφʼ ᾧ ἐμὲ του ¹⁴ l. τὸν ἐγγυητου ¹⁵ l. ἐγγυητὴν παρασχεῖν ὑπὲρ παραβασίας
7	χρυσοῦ νομίσματα τρεία ¹⁶l. τρία ζυγῷ Συήνης κα̣τὰ πρᾶγμα, πρᾶγμα κ̣α̣ὶ̣ εἰς ὴν ¹⁷l. <σ>ὴν ἀσ̣φ̣άλειαν
8	πεποίημαι τὴν παροῦσαν ἐγγυητικὴν ἀσφάλειαν μεθʼ ὑπογραφῆς τοῦ ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ὑπογράφοντος
9	καὶ τῶν ἑξῆς μα̣ρτυρούντων κα̣ὶ περωτηθε̣ὶ̣ς̣ ¹⁸ l. <ἐ>περωτηθεὶς ὁ̣μολογ ¹⁹ l. ὡμολόγ(ησα). † ☧ Φλαύιος Πραιπόσιτος υἱὸς Θεοδόρου στρατιώτης ἀριθμοῦ
10	Συήνης μαρ̣τυρῶ. † διʼ ἐμοῦ Δίου Παπ̣ν̣ουθίου ἐγράφη. ἐ̣γ̣ράφη μηνὶ Μεσορὴ κγ ἰνδικτίονος ε.

¹ corr. ex συη
² l. ναύτῃ
³ l. ὥστε
⁴ l. παρασκευάσαι
⁵ l. δικαστῇ
⁶ l. ὥστε
⁷ l. ἀκροᾶσθαι
⁸ l. τοῖς
⁹ l. ὁρισθησομένοις
¹⁰ l. στέρξειαν
¹¹ l. ἐμμείνειαν
¹² l. τοῖς
¹³ l. κριτηρίοις
¹⁴ l. τὸν
¹⁵ l. ἐγγυητὴν
¹⁶ l. τρία
¹⁷ l. <σ>ὴν
¹⁸ l. <ἐ>περωτηθεὶς
¹⁹ l. ὡμολόγ(ησα)

1	† ἐγγυητικὴ ἀ̣σφάλεια γεναμένη Ἰακὼβ vac. ? υ̣ἱ̣ὸς Ἄπα Δίου ναύτης ἀπὸ Συήνης. †̣

1	☧ Aurelius Iakob son of Apa Dios, boatman from Syene, † to Flavius Pathermouthios
2	son of Menas, soldier of the regiment of Philae, boatman from the same Syene, greetings. I , the aforesaid, acknowledge
3	that I am acting as guarantor and answering for Psano and Sanmoou,
4	to cause them to appear for arbitration before the most esteemed Markos, the most learned judge,
5	so that they listen to and embrace and abide by what will be determined. But if they should not embrace
6	and abide by the judgments, I acknowledge that I, the guarantor, am to provide, because of the violation,
7	gold, three solidi in the weight of Syene for each violation. And for your security,
8	I have made the present guarantee security, with the signature of the one signing on my behalf
9	and of those bearing witness below. And having been questioned, I have expressed acknowledgment †. (hand 2) ☧ I, Flavius Praepositos son of Theodoros, soldier of the regiment
10	of Syene, bear witness †. (hand 3) Written by me, Dios son of Papnouthios. Written on the 23rd of the month of Mesore in the 5th indiction.

1	(1st hand?) † Guarantee security made by Iakob son of Apa Dios, boatman from Syene †.

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Places (read out from edition)

Συήνης (places.xml#8)

Φιλῶν (places.xml#15)

Συήνης (places.xml#8)

Ἰακὼβ vac. ? υ̣ἱ̣ὸς Ἄπα Δίου (places.xml#p30620)

Συήνης (places.xml#8)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
8090	not applicable	(no further persons mentioned)	(no further persons mentỈoned)	(none)

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
		Mesore	23	586 August 16 CE	date in text: indiction 5;

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Literature

DatasetID	310333
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	19747
Papyri.info	ddbdp/p.lond;5;1732
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 310333 (= Pap. London, British Library Pap 1791), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.