P.Mich.inv. 200 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 200
Processing Number
1571
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Verso, 2nd text and Recto, 2nd text
Material
Pap
Size
ca. 62.5 x 22.5 cm
Items
3
Lines
Col. I (in lower margin of the Verso, upside down) - 4;
col. II (left margin of the Verso, upside down) - 20;
col. III (upper margin of the Verso, left, upside down) - 3;
col. IV (upper margin of the Verso, center) - 2;
col. V (upper margin of the Verso, right) - 2;
col. VI (between col. I and II of the first text on the Verso, upside down) - 12(?);
col. VII (lower margin of the Recto, upside down)
Mounted
Yes
Negative
Yes
Conservation Status
Broken off on the right side(?); badly damaged at places
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
(End of the) IInd century A.D. (after ca. 182 A.D.)
Origin
probably Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance
probably Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite 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
Gemellus, fredman of Helene (?)
Type of Text/Title of Work
Household Account
Content
Account recording expenditures on various household items, for the most part food, over at least 9 days
Persons
(unnamed) paidarion;
(unnamed) pais;
(unnamed) rhetor
Translation
(Col. I)
[. . .]; meat(?) . . . 5 ob.; bread 4 ob.; [. . .] 2 ch.; bath admission 1/2 ob.; beans 2 ch.; lupines 1/2 ob.; vegetables 1 ob.; vetch 2 ob.; lamp wicks 1 ob.
[. . .] Bread 4 ob.; asparagus and beets 3 ob.; broth 1/2 ob.; beans 1/2 ob.; radishes 2 ob.; lettuce and leeks 4 1/2 ob.; relish 1 dr. 3 ob.
[. . .] Bread 6 ob.; meat [. .] dr. [. . .] 6 dr. 6 ob.; bread 1 dr. 1 ob.; asparagus and beets 5 ob.; broth 1/2 ob. 2 ch.; lemons 4 ob.; beans 1 ob.
[. . .] Eggs(?) 1 dr. 3 ob.; bath admission [1/2 ob.; . . .] 2 ch.; for the slave 4 ob.; oil 5 dr. 1 ob.
(Col. II)
30th. Bread 6 ob.; beans 1 ob.; for the child 1 dr. 1 on.; advocate's fees 44 dr.; sponge 1 dr. 5 ob.; pomegranate wine [[1 dr.]] 6 ob.; wine 18 dr.; sausages 2 dr. 2 ob.; pickled fish 4 ob.; lupines 1 ob.; bath admission 1/2 ob.
1st. Gift 1 ob.; snails 1 ob.; dyes 2 ob.; a pot 1 ob.; beets 2 ob.; broth 1/2 ob. 2 ch.; lettuce and . . . 4 1/2 ob.; bread 4 ob.; beans 1 ob.
(Col. III)
28. Beets 2 1/2 ob.; broth 1/2 ob.; radishes 1 1/2 ob.; lettuce 4 ob.(?); coriander 2 ch.; bread 4 ob.; beans 1 ob.; drinking-cups 2 dr. 4 ob.; lupines 1 ob.; boiled food 1 dr.
[29?]. . . . 4 dr.; vegetables 4 ob.; bread 6 ob.; eggs 1 dr. 1/2 ob.; boiled food 1 dr.; asparagus and beets 4 1/2 ob.; broth 1/2 ob. 2 ch.; beans 1 ob.; lupines 1 ob. 2 ch.
[- - -] 2 ch.; advocate's fees 21 dr. 1 ob.; broth 1 1/2 ob.; vetch 2 ob.; lemons 1 ob.; wine 24 dr. 3 ob.; lamps 1 ob.; . . . 2 ob.
(Col. IV-VII unpublished and too fragmentary to be translated).

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich XI Shelton JC 1971 619 (col. I-III only) Shelton JC, PMich XI, 619 (col. I-III only), 1971 -- BL VII, 115 on lines 9,12 BL VII, 115 on lines 9,12

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
J.R. Rea, JEA 60 (1974) p. 296; P.Mich.Koenen, p. 237 and n. 1.

Availability/System Requirements

Institution
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Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
100
Year End
199

Technical Details

Image Size
2656 x 1932
File Size
683 KB
Record
1571
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1571/200r_2.tif

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