P.Mich.inv. 475 / Recto
Viewer
About this Item
Related Views
front | summary (1 items)
Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 475
- Processing Number
- 2299
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Connections
- -
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 11.7 x 23.2 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 1-17
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- Apart from some holes in the middle of the papyrus along the central fold, the papyrus is undamaged. Two vertical folds are visible. On the left a narrow margin of 1 cm. Between the text of the document and the dating-formula, the scribe has left a interval of 4 cm; below the date, an interval of 3 cm. No traces of writing on the back.
- Palaeographic Description
- A standard byzantine semi-cursive hand.
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- 11 July, 542 A.D. (Ziegler); 11 July, 543 A.D. (Worp)
- Origin
- Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt (?) (Worp)
- Provenance
- Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt (?) (Worp)
- Acquisition
- purchased in Egypt by B.P. Grenfell and F.W. Kelsey in March-April 1920
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Unknown
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Petition
- Content
- Petition to a defensor requesting his assistance mediating between an employer and an employee
- Subject Headings
- Administration
- Persons
- Flavius Justinianus, Augustus and Imperator
- Geographica
- -
- Translation
- "... year he refused to adhere to the rules of his employment but walked away from his work in my workshop. Therefore I call upon you, Your learnedness, to ensure his appearance and to listen to the cause of the dispute between us in a form which is suited to please you, highly-learned defensor and master.
- Under the reign of our most divine and honorable Master Flavius Justinianus, the eternal Augustus and Imperator, in year 16, under the consuls after the consulate of the most illustrious Flavius Basilius, on the 17th Epeiph of the 6th indiction."
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2299
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections ZPE 84 Huebner R 1990 37-40 Pl. III SB XX 15090 Huebner R, ZPE 84, 37-40, 1990, Pl. III -- SB XX 15090 -- Originates from Oxyrhynchus (?) (Worp) Originates from Oxyrhynchus (?) (Worp)
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- K. A. Worp, ZPE 88 (1991), 120; R. Ziegler, ZPE 125 (1999), p. 213.
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC
- Year Begin
- 542
- Year End
- 543
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 4361 x 6094
- File Size
- 3 MB
- Record
- 2299
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2299/475r.tif
Rights and Permissions
The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact APIS Help. If you would like to request high-resolution images, please contact the Papyrology Collection. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact Library Information Technology.
No Copyright. This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
Related Links
IIIF
- Manifest
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:2299:475R.TIF
Cite this Item
View the Help Guide for more information.
- Full citation
-
"P.Mich.inv. 475; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2299/475r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.