O.Skeat 6 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
O.Skeat 6
Processing Number
1194
Section/Side
Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso is blank
Connections
-
Material
Ost
Size
7.6 x 7.6 cm.
Items
1
Lines
1-6
Mounted
No
Negative
No
Conservation Status
This ostracon is red with large white patches.
Palaeographic Description
Written in a quick and rather careless semicursive.
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
June or July, 157 A.D.
Origin
Thebes, the Thebaid, Upper Egypt, province of Egypt
Provenance
Thebes, the Thebaid, Upper Egypt, province of Egypt
Acquisition
purchased (at Luxor) in November 1933 by T. C. Skeat and donated in 1948 to the University of Michigan
Language
Greek
Genre
documentary
Author
unknown
Type of Text/Title of Work
receipt
Content
Receipt issued to Phaminis the Younger, a son of of Phatres, for wheat delivered to the metropolitan granary as rent or tax on arable land.
Persons
Antoninus Caesar, emperor,
Phaminios the Younger, son of Phatres
Geographica
-
Translation
"[There has been a payment] into the granary of the city in the 20th year of Antoninus Caesar Our Lord, Epeiph . . , . . . [by the name] Phaminios the Younger, son of Phratres, . . . of 1/3 of an artaba of wheat, in total 1/3 of an artaba of wheat. I, . . .ra, have signed (acknowledging the payment) of 1/3 of an artaba of wheat."

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
TAPA 81 Youtie HC 1950 106-7 SB VI 9115 Youtie HC, TAPA 81, 106-7, 1950 -- SB VI 9115
Scriptiunculae I H C Youtie 1973 220-221 H C Youtie, Scriptiunculae I, 220-221, 1973

Cataloging

Cataloger
TC
Year Begin
157
Year End
157

Technical Details

Record
1194
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1194/o_sk6r.tif

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"O.Skeat 6; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1194/o_sk6r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 07, 2025.
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