P.Mich.inv. 3131 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 3131
- Processing Number
- 1820
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto (written across the fibres); Verso is blank
- Connections
- + P.Cair. inv. JdE 51881; Zenon archive
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 17 x 11.5 cm (P.Mich.inv. 3131); 16.5 x 11.5 cm (P.Cair. inv. JdE 51881)
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 10
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- nearly complete
- Palaeographic Description
- Recto written across the fibres
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- IIIrd century B.C.
- Origin
- Unknown place, Egypt
- Provenance
- Philadelpheia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
- Acquisition
- July 1925; Acquired from Dr. Kondilios
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Kallippos
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Petition
- Content
- Petition to Zenon by Kallippos, who begs him, if not from compassion, at least for the sake of his own interests, not to allow him to lie in prison; if Zenon will release him, he offers to leave his wife as a pledge, pending the examination of his case
- Subject Headings
- Prisoners--Correspondence--Egypt.
- Shepherds--Egypt.
- Justice--Egypt.
- Agriculture--Egypt.
- Business losses--Egypt.
- Land tenure--Egypt.
- Leases--Egypt.
- Hostages--Egypt.
- Wives--Egypt.
- Persons
- Zenon (son of Agreophon) (see Pros.Ptol. I 80 + add.);
- Kallippos (see Pros.Ptol. IV 10262);
- Demetrios (aipolos) (see Pros.Ptol. IV 12086);
- (unnamed) Kallippos's wife
- Geographica
- Senary (Sinary)
- Translation
- To Zenon greeting from Kallippos. Have you fallen asleep, regardless of me in prison? Think of your flocks and herds. Know that if the goats of Demetrios remain here, they will perish; for the road down which he drives them to the pastures is enough to kill them. Think too about the hay already cut in Senary, that it be not lost; for not small is the profit you will gain from it; I reckon there will be as many as 3,000 sheaves. I pray and beseech you, be not unmindful of me in prison. Much loss have I suffered since I was led to gaol from the allotment which I leased, trusting in your support. No little loss have you suffered since I was led to gaol; and the sheep which I have acquired since I came to you have been carried off by the shepherds since I was led to gaol. And if it seems good to you, I will leave my wife in prison to be answerable for me, until you require into the matters about which they accuse me. May you prosper.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1820
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich I Edgar CC 1931 87 Edgar CC, PMich I, 87, 1931 -- BL VIII, 220 (line 4); BL X, 128 (bibliography) BL VIII, 220 (line 4); BL X, 128 (bibliography) ZÈnon, un homme d'affaires grec ‡ l'ombre des Pyramides Clarysse W-Vandorpe K 1995 102-103 Clarysse W-Vandorpe K, ZÈnon, un homme d'affaires grec ‡ l'ombre des Pyramides, 102-103, 1995
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- P. Pruneti, I centri abitati dell'Ossirinchite (Firenze, 1981) p. 178-179.
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- -299
- Year End
- -200
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 4608 x 3480
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 1820
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1820/3131r_a.tif
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- Manifest
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"P.Mich.inv. 3131; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1820/3131r_a.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 17, 2024.