P.Mich.inv. 178 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 178
- Processing Number
- 1524
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 8 x 21.2 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 23
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- damaged along the vertical folds
- Palaeographic Description
- The first hand is a clear cursive, with many letters written without ligature; the second and thrid ahnds are both angular, rather awkward cursives
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- October 13, 183 A.D.
- Origin
- probably Arsinoiton polis, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Unknown place, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- purchased in Egypt by B.P. Grenfell and F.W. Kelsey in March-April 1920
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Onesimos, son of Amerimnos
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Application to Sell and Pickle Meat
- Content
- Request made by Onesimos, son of Amerimnos, to the superintendents of the pig tax, for the right to sell and pickle meat in the villages of Theadelphia and Argias; the concession is to last one year, with the rental fixed at 600 drachmai
- Persons
- Heroninos, epiteretes huikes;
- Chaireas, epiteretes huikes;
- Onesimos son of Amerimnos grandson of Alkimos, (mageiros) (see Proc. XII Congr. [Toronto, 1970] p. 63-64);
- Didymos, (epiteretes huikes);
- Zoilos;
- Commodus, Emperor
- Geographica
- amphodon Gymnasiou; Theadelphia; Argeias (Argias)
- Translation
- To Heroninos, Chaireas, and the other superintendents of the pig tax, from Onesimos, son of Amerimnos and grandson of Alkimos, of the Gymnasium quarter. I wish to be granted by you the right to sell and pickle meat in the villages of Theadelphia and Argias for the present 24th year . . ., on condition that I pay as rent for the year six hundred drachmai of silver, the payment of which I will make monthly in equal instalments. It will not be permissible for me to sublease to another butcher, and, apart from paying rent (?), I will have with me one young man, if it appears advisable to grant the concession.
- (2nd hand) I, Heroninos, have received a copy of this application. (3rd hand) I, Didymos, acting through Zoilos, have received a copy of this application.
- (1st hand) Year 24 of Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord, Phaophi 15.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1524
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections Proc XII Congr Browne GM 1970 63-68 SB XII 10923 Browne GM, Proc XII Congr, 63-68, 1970 -- SB XII 10923 PMich XII Browne GM 1975 628 Browne GM, PMich XII, 628, 1975 -- BL IX 163 (l. 3). BL IX 163 (l. 3).
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- C.P.R. XIII, p. 124
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 183
- Year End
- 183
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2168 x 3661
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 1524
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1524/178r.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 178; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1524/178r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.