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Application for the Purchase of Unproductive Land

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 6882
Find spot: Probably Ptolemais Hormou, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: March 11, 185[?] A.D. (or March 11, 186 A.D.)
Date: March 11, 185[?] A.D. (or March 11, 186 A.D.)
Date range: 185 CE – 186 CE
Materials: ['1 (+ 1) papyri ; 10.6 x 16.6 cm (+ P.Koeln inv. 382: 10.6 x 4.6 cm)']
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Description

Application, by a minor and his caretaker, to purchase some unproductive land (a vineyard?) to use it to cultivate vegetables; the document was transmitted by the nome authorities to the village secretary (Petaus, son of Petaus), who had to check that all conditions for the sale were met

Connections

Found at Probably Ptolemais Hormou

Cross-references (4)

TM-Text 8844 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.2989 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.petaus;;23 tier-1
HGV-Text 8844 tier-1

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