P.Mich.inv. 200 / Verso

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Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 200

Processing Number

1572

Image Side

Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Verso, 1st text (see also P.Mich. Koenen 786 and P.Mich. XI, 619)

Material

Pap

Size

ca. 62.5 x 22.5 cm

Items

3

Lines

Col. I - 23;

col. II - 28;

col. III - 26;

betwen col. II and III: 7;

under col. II: 5;

under col. III: 4;

near the right edge: 21

Mounted

Yes

Negative

Yes

Conservation Status

Broken off on the right side(?); badly damaged at places, particularly the 2nd col.

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

(Between) December 28, 181 A.D., A.D. August 29, 183 A.D.

Origin

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

Draft of a Petition

Content

Draft (with many corrections, cancellations and additions) of a petition by Gemellus, freedman of Helene, a former sitologos from the Oxyrhynchite nome, who in 174 had been appointed as one of two superintendents of an estate, but was released from this office only one month later due to his sickness; some eight years later, he tries to stop the administration from holding him as co-responsible of the deficit of this office (19253 drachmai), and having his properties sequestrated until he pays half of that sum.

Subject Headings

Administration

Baths, Roman--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Debt

Health

Liturgy (compulsory public service)

Personal status: freedman

Taxation

Persons

Gemellus, apeleutheros of Helene, former sitologos of Tanais & former epiteretes of the ktesis Moschiane (see also P.Mich.Koenen 786);

Helene daughter of Ptolemaios;

Claudius Calvinus, former epitropos (procurator);

Nemesianos, former strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome;

Moschos (see Geographica);

Didymos son of Didymos, former epiteretes of the ktesis Moschiane;

Marcus Aurelius, former Emperor;

Isidoros, former strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome;

Serenus, hyperetes of Isidoros;

Septimius Serenus, former epitropos (procurator);

Claudius Ptolemaios, former kosmetes

Geographica

metropolis (Oxyrhynchiton polis); Oxyrhynchite nome; ktesis Moschiane; Saite nome; Alexandria

Translation

From Gemellus, freedman of [[Gemella]] Helene, from the metropolis of the Oxyrhynchite nome. Last year, [[my lord, wrote]], my lord, in the month of Pharmouthi, Claudius Calvinus, who then served as procurator, wrote to [[Nemesianos]] the then strategos of the nome, Nemesianos, a letter in which he indicated that when I was then superintendent of the Moschos estate, which includes a bath, and of three workshops in the same estate, I, along with Didymos, son of Didymos, who is a landholder in the Saite nome, was cited for 3 talents 1253 drachmai and more in the list of arrears sent from the fiscus; and (he ordered him) to take pains to sequestrate my property till I should settle my debts to the treasury. When I learned this, I immediately entered my claims in a petition which I presented to Nemesianos for him to forward 'to the procurator', since illness prevented me from sailing down myself at that time. These claims I now indicate also for you, my lord, pointing out for you the only days that I served as co-superintendent with Didymos and showing the accounts; for in the 14th year of the deified Aelius <read: Aurelius> Antoninus, on Pharmouthi 6, I was sent by Isidoros, formerly strategos of the nome, acting through his assistant Serenus, a sealed letter that had been sent for me by Septimius Severus, then procurator, in which he appointed me superintendent of the said estate; I went to Alexandria, and after I took up my office of superintendent on the 12th, I asked, on the 11th of the following month ofPachon, to Serenus that my time might not be counted(?) anymore from the same eleventh, and he granted me that, as he made known in his records for the 21st . . . as follows:

Serenos said: . . . will be counted . . . [- - -] . . . legal advisor . . . in the Oxyrhynchite [nome] through Claudius Ptolemaios, the then kosmetes,

and after he had approved after scrutiny my sickness(?), he released(?) me from the office of superintendent, as he made known . . . for the 11th(?) (of Pauni?) as follows:

Serenus said: . . . will be appointed(?) . . . 'I took office as sitologos . . .' my colleague . . . Didymos, son of Didymos, landholder in the Saite nome . . . the accounts . . . (he) stated . . . about which . . . [- - -] 'the copies' of what was sent to me by the then strategos Isidoros and of the records concerning my appointment and my release from office and of the accounts concerning this(?), which were recorded by Didymos after my release, [[I ask that you take knowledge of these claims of mine, according to which I stayed in office as superintendent for only 30 days, 'and that the sum that has been shown is still owed to me for my expense', and that the sum wrongly posted under my name be cancelled]].

(Correction written in the right margin:) I ask, my lord, that [you] take knowledge . . . of these claims of mine, according to which I stayed in office as superintendent for only thirty days, and that the sum that has been shown is still owed to me for my expense, and that the sum . . . wrongly . . . be cancelled . . .

Here are (the copies):

- of the (letters) sent to me by the then strategos Isidoros:

Isidoros, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, to his dearest Gemellus, freedman of Helene, daughter of Ptolemaios, greetings. I have sent to you, through my assistant Serenus, a letter written to you by Septimius Severus, the most excellent procurator, which arrived sealed to me today, sent over by the . . . of the nome, so that you might forthwith take action on your orders, according to what he wrote to me too. I pray for your help, dearest. Year 14, Pharmouthi [6].

[- - -]

(Other corrections are too fragmentary to be translated).

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.4102

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich XI	Shelton JC	1971	616 (fragment b only)	Pl. V		Shelton JC, PMich XI, 616 (fragment b only), 1971, Pl. V -- -- BL VIII, 216 (l. 3; 21)	BL VIII, 216 (l. 3; 21)
P.Mich.Koenen	Hagedorn D - Hagedorn U	1996	787	Pl. XXX-XXXIII	Hagedorn D - Hagedorn U, P.Mich.Koenen, 787, 1996, Pl. XXX-XXXIII

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

D. Hagedorn, YCS 28 (1985) p. 209-210

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

s

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

181

Year End

183

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

2791 x 1882

File Size

699 KB

Record

1572

Link to this Item

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