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2859.RECEIPTFORRENTONAPALMGROVE P.13882 27,37,2cm
28Nov27DecA.D.239 PlateXXIII Philadelphia
Thisreceiptiswrittenalongthefibersofasinglerectangularsheetofpapyrus.Thepapyrusisingoodcondition,asthetextismostlypreservedexceptinafewplaceswhere
it has been partially effaced. The receipt is written with a single
cursivehand,whichforthemostpartisclearandregular.Theleftmarginofthetextisuniformlyindented1cmfromtheleftedgeofthepapyrus,whereastherightmarginrunsuptotheedgeoftherightsideofthepapyrus.Thereisnowritingontheback.
Thereceipt is
forthepaymentofthe()onapalmgrovetotalingthreearouraenearthevillageofPhiladelphiaintheArsinoite.ThereceiptisissuedbyanindividualbearingthenameAureliusAsassonofPsamisandhiscolleagues
() who are collectively identified as the praktores argurikn
ofPhiladelphia.Similarreceiptsinclude:O.Mich.I126(AD219/220or223/24);SBVI9431(28FebAD193);P.Fay.60(17NovAD149).InthereceiptthepraktoresarguriknacknowledgethattheyhavereceivedpaymentfromacertainDiogenessonofTourbon,anindividualwhoalsoappearsinotherdocumentsfromthirdcenturyPhiladelphia(seenote34),intheamountof80drachmae.
1 []() 2 3 [] 4 5 .() 6 7 ()(), 8 () 9 ()() 10 11 () 12 ()() 13
14 ()(). 15 ()() 16 ()()().
17 ()K[]
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18 [] 19 20 .
6l. 1.Thenameisnotverycommonasitonlyoccursinahand
fuloflaterdocuments:BGUII608.2.6(AD342or1sthalfVcent.);BGUI29.1(=SPPIII2
117) (AD VIVII). On the other hand the name (or ) is morecommonasit
isattestedmorethanadozentimes,primarily
intheearlierpartofthefirstcenturyADandprimarilyindocumentsfromPhiladelphia.
2 . Liturgical officers who oversaw the collection of awide
variety of cash revenues. See Oertel, Liturgie, 195204; Wallace,
Taxation,304305;Capponi,AugustanEgypt,124129.
34 [] | . This individual is attested in nine otherdocuments
fromPhiladelphia fromthe third century.He first appears
inBGUVII1658 (28 Sept 27 Oct AD 234) in a receipt concerning the
repayment of
160drachmae.Hethenreappearsinthepresentdocument(AD239)followedbyBGUVII1665(18JuneAD248),areceiptoveralandagreementwhereheandanotherindividual,
both ofwhom are designated as farmers (ll. 34, ), paid 24artabae
for rent. He then appears in BGUVII 1587 (3Oct AD 258), a receipt
formoneytaxes,andtheninBGU1610(4OctAD259),areceipt
issuedbythedekaprotoiofPhiladelphia.InBGUVII1611(15SeptAD283)hiswife,whoisidentifiedbyhisnameandwhomaywellbeawidowatthispoint,isissuedareceiptfromthegranaryatPhiladelphia.HealsoappearsinfourotherdocumentsfromPhiladelphiathatlackspecificdates:BGUVII1646(III):OffertoleaseaGranary;BGUVII1659(III):
Receipt for Loan; BGU VII 1697 (III) (ostracon) and BGU VII 1699
(III)(ostracon)thatbothconcerngraintransport.
7()().Theterminationof()isnotcompletelycertainasthetextispartiallyeffacedneartheendoftheword.Nevertheless,inmyopinion
this reading is tobepreferred to since it seems that there is
asuperscriptomicronwithadownwardstrokeindicatinganabbreviationsimilartowhatiswritteninl.1with[]().Inthetwosimilarreceiptsthatmentionthe
, SB VI 9431.2 ( ()) and O.Mich. I 126.3
([()]),theeditorshaveassumedthattheabbreviationmustbe();however,inlightofthepresentreadingitmaybewonderedwhethertheabbreviationcouldalsobe()?InP.Tebt.III.1815Fr.5recto,42(223221BC),whichsharesa
similargrammatical constructionwithSBVI9431.2andO.Mich.
I126.3,withoutanabbreviation isattested.Nevertheless,
therearenumerousexampleswhereiswrittenoutinfullwithoutabbreviation.The3arouras
referred tohere represent thecombinedareaof
thegrovementionedinthepapyrusatll.89.
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138 II.TexteausrmischerZeit
78 |.Thetopos isotherwiseunattested.However, inP.Ross.Georg. V
58.78 (early AD III) fromPhiladelphia a
ismentionedandcouldwellbethesametopos.P.Cair.Isid.99.9(=SBVI9171;29AugAD297)
a land lease fromKaranismentions a toposnamed but it is
unlikelythatthisisanalternativeformof.
910() | .While thenameof the topos around thevillage is somewhat
unusual there are many examples in papyri of the
Romanperiodwherethenameofatoposismentionedrightaftertheparticiple,e.g.P.Fam.Tebt.44.45(10NovAD189);M.Chr.316.19(21FebAD194);P.Oxy.XII1502verso,5(c.AD260);P.Col.VII181.7(18OctAD342).
1213 () | . A of eighty drachmae
perannumonlandtotaling3arouraeassumesarateofapproximately27drachmaeanaroura.Unfortunately,therearerelativelyfewcontemporaneousreceiptsforpalmgrovestocomparethisrate.InSBVI9431,areceiptforthe(l.2)()inKaranis,itisreportedthatthewas12drachmaebutdoesnotmentionthesizeof
thepalmgrove.Similarly, inO.Mich. I126 (AD219/220or223/24),a
receiptissuedbythepraktorarguriknofTebtynisforthe(l.3)[()],itstatesthatthechargewas32drachmaebutdoesnotspecifythesizeofthegrove.
1720() K[]|[]|
|.ThisregnalformulaiscommonforthethirdyearofGordiansreign:O.Wilck.1592.23;P.Fay.63.14;P.Flor.
I21.1920;P.Mich.XI620.20102; 25758; P.Oxy. XII 1549.1.1822; P.Oxy.
XLI 2977.5154; P.Oxy. LXI4117.2224.
TranslationAureliusAsassonofPsamisandhiscolleagues,praktoresarguriknofthevillageofPhiladelphia,toAureliusDiogenessonofTourbonfromthesamevillage,greeting.Youhavepaidtoustherentonthepalmgrovefor3arourasthatyouharvested,intheplaceKalika2arourasandinanotherplacecalledaroundthevillage1aroura,forthepresentthirdyearfromtheproduceofthepastsecondyear,eightydrachmaeofsilver,total80drachmae.AureliusAsasaboutthirtyyearsoldwithamarkonthefrontofhisrightleg.YearthreeofEmperorCaesarMarcusAntoniusGordianusPiusFelixAugustus,Choiak.LincolnBlumell
BrighamYoungUniversity,Provo
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