P.Mich.inv. 3736 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 3736
Processing Number
2075
Section/Side
Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso is blank
Connections
-
Material
Pap
Size
16.5 x 13.5 cm.
Items
1
Lines
1-7
Mounted
No
Negative
No
Conservation Status
A light-brown papyrus regularly cut off at the top and partly at the right side.
Palaeographic Description
At the top there is a free margin of approx. 1.5 cm.
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
IVth/Vth century A.D.
Origin
Oxyrhynchos, Oxyrhynchite nome, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt
Provenance
Oxyrhynchos, Oxyrhynchite nome, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt
Acquisition
purchased by Prof. Boak in 1925 (report submitted by H.I. Bell, dated May 2, 1925); described as coming from Behneseh (Oxyrhynchus)
Language
Greek
Genre
documentary
Author
Aurelius Timotheos and Pekyllos
Type of Text/Title of Work
petition to a logistes
Content
This very mutilated papyrus preserves the beginning of a document directed to a logistes Phoibammon of the Oxyrhynchite nome by two persons. They complain about the behaviour of a certain Aurelius Aion of their village who had them imprisoned on false accusations of theft.
Persons
Flavius Phoibammon;
Aurelius Timotheos;
Pekyllos;
Aurelius Aion
Geographica
Oxyrhynchite nome
Translation
"To Flavius Phoibammon, logistes of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Aurelius Timotheos and Pekyllos of the same city. Aurelius Aion who lives in the same village as we do . . . and he wrote, handing it over to your goodness, and accused us and ensured that we were locked up as if we had committed the theft . . . " (TC)

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
Anagenesis 4 Sijpesteijn PJ 1986 140-2 SB XVIII, 13158 Sijpesteijn PJ, Anagenesis 4, 140-2, 1986 -- SB XVIII, 13158

Cataloging

Cataloger
TC
Year Begin
300
Year End
499

Technical Details

Image Size
4916 x 4677
File Size
3 MB
Record
2075
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2075/3736r.tif

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"P.Mich.inv. 3736; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2075/3736r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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