P.Mich.inv. 2459 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 2459
- Processing Number
- 1598
- Section/Side
- B; Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Connections
- -
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 5.5 x 5.5 cm.
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 1-10
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- This papyrus is a small, somewhat triangular fragment and broken on all sides except at the top.
- Palaeographic Description
- Written in a tiny standard semicursive with letters about 1 mm. high and for the most part individually made. At the top an original margin of 1.5 cm. is seen.
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- 180-192 A.D.
- Origin
- Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchos nome, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchos nome, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt (?)
- Acquisition
- November 1924
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- documentary
- Author
- Ptolemaios, son of [NN], Serenos, son of Ischyrion, grandson of Apollonios, and [NN]
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- petition
- Content
- This papyrus appears to contain a cover letter for a copy of a petition to the royal scribe and deputy-strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome. It is made clear that the documentation presented included not only the copy of the petition but also all the official correspondence on this matter. The content of the petition has been lost.
- Persons
- [NN], royal scribe and deputy-strategos,
- Ptolemaios, son of [NN],
- Serenos, son of Ischyrion, grandson of Apollonios,
- Potamon alias Didymos, priest and archidikastes,
- Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord,
- Hephaestion alias Sarapion,
- Geographica
- Oxyrhynchus,
- Oxyrhynchite nome.
- Translation
- "To . . . , basilikogrammateus and deputy-strategos, from Ptolemaios, son of . . ., and Serenus, son of Ischyrion, grandson of Apollonios, and . . . , all of the city of the Oxyrhynchi. Of the communication which I obtained from the bureau a copy follows. Potamon alias Didymos, priest and archidikastes, to the strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, greeting. Let a copy of the petition which has been presented be served, as below. Farewell. Year . . . of Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord, (month, day). I, . . ., have signed. I, Hephaestion alias Sarapion, did the writing. To Potamon alias Didymos, priest, archidikastes, and superintendent of the chrematistae and other courts, from Ptolemaios, son of . . ., and Serenos, son of Ischyrion, grandson of Apollonios, and . . ."
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.9143
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections ZPE 46 Youtie LC 1982 223-6 Pl XIVb SB XVI 12698 Youtie LC, ZPE 46, 223-6, 1982, Pl XIVb -- SB XVI 12698
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC
- Year Begin
- 180
- Year End
- 192
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 4976 x 7961
- File Size
- 5 MB
- Record
- 1598
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1598/2459br.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 2459; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1598/2459br.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 02, 2025.