P.Mich.inv. 3133 / Recto
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- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 3133
- Processing Number
- 1822
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso bears a faint off-set of another text
- Connections
- + P.Cair. inv. JdE 51618; Zenon archive
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- Total size (including the Cairo portion): 42 x 35 cm (Edgar). Col. I: 16.7 x 30 cm; top of col. II-III: 16 x 15.7 cm
- Items
- 3
- Lines
- Col. I - 19;
- col. II - 20 (10 on the Michigan fragment);
- col. III - 25 (5 on the Michigan fragment)
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- broken into several fragments; top right corner missing
- Palaeographic Description
- good clerk's hand (l. 1-48); l. 49-64 by the same clerk in a more hurried hand or by another person (Edgar)
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- IIIrd century B.C. (ca. 255-254 B.C.[?])
- Origin
- Philadelpheia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
- Provenance
- Philadelpheia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
- Acquisition
- July 1925; Acquired from Dr. Kondilios
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Unknown
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Account of Woodwork for a House
- Content
- Account concerning the making and painting of the woodwork in a new house, probably built for Diotimos
- Subject Headings
- Arsinoë (Fayy¯um : Extinct city)
- Architects and builders--Egypt.
- Contracts for work and labor--Egypt.
- Measures and weights, Ancient.
- Drachma.
- Accounts--Egypt.
- Carpentry--Egypt.
- Persons
- [[Athemmeus]] Semtheus (Semphtheus) (see Pros.Ptol. V 13278);
- Apollonios (see Pros.Ptol. V 13237);
- Hedylos (son of Dion), architekton (see Pros.Ptol. I 83 = 123 = 531);
- Artemidoros (trapezites) (see Pros.Ptol. I 1164);
- Charmos (see Pros.Ptol. V 14266);
- Theopompos (see Pap.Lugd.Bat. XXI, p. 341);
- Sosos (see Pros.Ptol. V 14453);
- Ephesos (see Pros.Ptol. V 14368)
- Geographica
- Krokodilon polis (Arsinoiton polis)
- Translation
- In account with Semtheus and Apollonios. You are entitled to be paid as follows in accordance with the contract given out by Hedylos the architect. In the dining-room with seven couches and the exedra, for 10 windows with bars and panelled sides, shutting on the inside, and having fillets, at 2 drachmai each, 20 drachmai; and for these windows ten sets of panels at 4 drachmai each, 40 drachmai. Also 2 side-doors with two faces, the height of each being 3 cubits and the breadth in proportion, at 6 drachmai each, 12 drachmai. Also a door with panelled sides, 6 cubits high and proportionately broad, 12 drachmai. In the bedroom, 8 latticed windows, . . cubits high and proportionately broad, at 2 drachmaieach, 16 drachmai; and for these, panelled sides shutting on the inside, at 4 drachmai each, 32 drachmai. A door with panelled sides, height 4 2/3 cubits, breadth in proportion, 8 drachmai. Also for the concealed door leading to the exedra, height 3 2/3 cubits, breadth 10 palms, 4 drachmai. Single doors of 3 cubits, one to the stairway, 4 drachmai, and one for the privy, likewise 4 drachmai. For the bath-house 4 sham-double doors with solid jambs, at 4 drachmai each, 16 drachmai. For 12 minas of glue, 12 drachmai. Total 180 drachmai. Towards this you have received the following sums. Through the bank of Artemidoros: on Pachons . . .; on Pauni 4, . . .; on the 7th, . . .; on the 19th, 20 drachmai. On the 27th throuh Charmos, 8 drachmai. Total 155 drachmai. Remainder 25 drachmai. Also from Theopompos in Krokodilopolis, 12 drachmai. From Sosos, 10 drachmai. Through Ephesos on Mesore 19 towards the execution, as contracted for, of the woodwork, pending settlement of account, 40 drachmai. On Thoth 30, through the bank, 8 drachmai. On Phaophi 8, through the bank, . . . To Semphtheus contractor for the exedra attached to the bath-house, in accordance with his accepted tender, 18 drachmai. To the same, for the doors, 8 drachmai.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1823
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 38 Edgar CC, PMich I, 38, 1931 -- BL VIII, 220 (bibliography) BL VIII, 220 (bibliography)
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- G. Husson, OIKIA. Le vocabulaire de la maison privee en Egypte d'apres les papyrus grecs (Paris, 1983) p. 302-306 (with earlier bibliography on the house of Diotimos).
Availability/System Requirements
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- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- -299
- Year End
- -200
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3480 x 4608
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 1822
- Link to this Item
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