Unpublished Greek Documentary Papyri from the Egyptian Museum Study and Investigation
FATMA EL-SAYED MOHAMMED ALI;
Abstract
During the fall of 1924, the University of Michigan's excavations took place at Karanis (KomAushim).The excavations continued for eleven seasons. Hundreds of the papyri found at Karanis were transferred to the Rare Book Collection of the University's Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, in Ann Arbor city, Michigan, USA . A large number ofthe University of Michigan collection returned back to Egypt and has been kept in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
From the collection of the Michigan papyri in the Egyptian Museum, I have edited 10 previously unpublished Greek documents offering an introduction, transcription of the text, English translation and extensive commentaryfor each papyrus. They are chronologically extended from the second to the fifth century CE.
1. Registerof Land and Payments = P. Cair. Mich. II 19: (135-185 CE) It shows one column, numbered 47. It contains a list of names in non–alphabetical order followed by the land size. It contains 16 incomplete lines. The verso has poor remains of two columns with names and perhaps amounts of artabae with the typically added fractions. It contains 19 incomplete lines.Both sides, written by the same hand, which is identical with the hand of Socrates, the tax–collector in Karanis.
2. Proposal to Lease Olive and Vineyard: (2nd-3rd century CE) It consists of 21 incomplete lines. It contains agreement between the lessor and the lessee about the yearly worksand the rent.
3. LetterWritten by a Woman = P. Cair. Mich. II 20: (2nd-3rd century CE) The preserved part is a conclusion of the letter, in which the sender extends her greetings to her family and may be her acquaintances. It contains eleven lines on the recto.The verso contains three lines: the name of the sender, part of the addressee name.
4. Petition concerning Epikrisis for Membership of the Gymnasium: (264-265 or 273-274 CE). The text consists of 13 incomplete lines. It is addressed to Marcus Aurelius Achilleus, alias Ammonius, a former Kosmetes by the declarant (the father of the boy) to select his son to the gymnasium.
5. List of Names:(3rd century CE)It preserves 16 incomplete lines. It contains Egyptian names, Roman names, Greek namesand a Jewish name. The names don’t follow alphabetical order.
6. Contract concerning Catoecic Land and Vineyard: (3rd century CE) It might be a lease or sale. The text consisted of fourteen incomplete lines.
7. Sale of House: (3rd-4th century CE) It is a sale of a house,located in the district of the Sekneptynion at Arsinoe. The document consists of nine incomplete lines.
8. Account?: (3rd-4th century CE) It could be an account of corn and bread. It preserves twelve incomplete lines.
9. Official Letter: (early 4th century CE);It consists of 5 complete lines and an incomplete line. It is addressed from Aurelius Posidonius, a councilor, prytanis in office of the city of Arsinoeto Aurelius Geron, kosmetes, eutheniarches of the same city to ask him to take care of the person who will receive hundred modii of the wheat and will deliver forty baskets of something mentioned in the lost part of the papyrus.
10. Letter to a Monk? = P. CairMich II 24: (4-5th century CE); It preserves 8 incomplete lines. The language and the content of the letter put it into the cultural environment of the archives of P. Lond. 6 and P. Nepheros. It is addressed from a person to a venerated man (a monk?) to remember him into his prayers. He also asks him to send 6 mules.
I have published three documents in P. Cair. Mich. II, Texts from the Archive of Socrates, the tax collector and other contexts at Karanis, APF-B 35, 2014:P. Cair. Mich. II 19, Register of Land and Payments, pp.100-106; P. Cair.Mich. II 20, Letter Written by a Woman, pp.107-110; P. Cair. Mich. II 24, Letter to a Monk?, pp.128-132.
From the collection of the Michigan papyri in the Egyptian Museum, I have edited 10 previously unpublished Greek documents offering an introduction, transcription of the text, English translation and extensive commentaryfor each papyrus. They are chronologically extended from the second to the fifth century CE.
1. Registerof Land and Payments = P. Cair. Mich. II 19: (135-185 CE) It shows one column, numbered 47. It contains a list of names in non–alphabetical order followed by the land size. It contains 16 incomplete lines. The verso has poor remains of two columns with names and perhaps amounts of artabae with the typically added fractions. It contains 19 incomplete lines.Both sides, written by the same hand, which is identical with the hand of Socrates, the tax–collector in Karanis.
2. Proposal to Lease Olive and Vineyard: (2nd-3rd century CE) It consists of 21 incomplete lines. It contains agreement between the lessor and the lessee about the yearly worksand the rent.
3. LetterWritten by a Woman = P. Cair. Mich. II 20: (2nd-3rd century CE) The preserved part is a conclusion of the letter, in which the sender extends her greetings to her family and may be her acquaintances. It contains eleven lines on the recto.The verso contains three lines: the name of the sender, part of the addressee name.
4. Petition concerning Epikrisis for Membership of the Gymnasium: (264-265 or 273-274 CE). The text consists of 13 incomplete lines. It is addressed to Marcus Aurelius Achilleus, alias Ammonius, a former Kosmetes by the declarant (the father of the boy) to select his son to the gymnasium.
5. List of Names:(3rd century CE)It preserves 16 incomplete lines. It contains Egyptian names, Roman names, Greek namesand a Jewish name. The names don’t follow alphabetical order.
6. Contract concerning Catoecic Land and Vineyard: (3rd century CE) It might be a lease or sale. The text consisted of fourteen incomplete lines.
7. Sale of House: (3rd-4th century CE) It is a sale of a house,located in the district of the Sekneptynion at Arsinoe. The document consists of nine incomplete lines.
8. Account?: (3rd-4th century CE) It could be an account of corn and bread. It preserves twelve incomplete lines.
9. Official Letter: (early 4th century CE);It consists of 5 complete lines and an incomplete line. It is addressed from Aurelius Posidonius, a councilor, prytanis in office of the city of Arsinoeto Aurelius Geron, kosmetes, eutheniarches of the same city to ask him to take care of the person who will receive hundred modii of the wheat and will deliver forty baskets of something mentioned in the lost part of the papyrus.
10. Letter to a Monk? = P. CairMich II 24: (4-5th century CE); It preserves 8 incomplete lines. The language and the content of the letter put it into the cultural environment of the archives of P. Lond. 6 and P. Nepheros. It is addressed from a person to a venerated man (a monk?) to remember him into his prayers. He also asks him to send 6 mules.
I have published three documents in P. Cair. Mich. II, Texts from the Archive of Socrates, the tax collector and other contexts at Karanis, APF-B 35, 2014:P. Cair. Mich. II 19, Register of Land and Payments, pp.100-106; P. Cair.Mich. II 20, Letter Written by a Woman, pp.107-110; P. Cair. Mich. II 24, Letter to a Monk?, pp.128-132.
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| Title | Unpublished Greek Documentary Papyri from the Egyptian Museum Study and Investigation | Other Titles | وثائق بردية يونانية غير منشورة من المتحف المصري دراسة وتحقيق | Authors | FATMA EL-SAYED MOHAMMED ALI | Issue Date | 2015 |
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