P.Mich.inv. 5576 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 5576
- Processing Number
- 2500
- Section/Side
- a; Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 6.6 x 8.3 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 7 lines
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- The text is written across the fibers of the Recto side. Mutilated at the points of the foldings. A hole in the middle of the papyrus.
- Palaeographic Description
- Angular hand, with no Byzantine characteristics
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- IIIrd century A.D.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Provenance
- Unknown
- Acquisition
- Purchased in 1928/1929
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Appianus
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Order to supply bricks
- Content
- An order by a certain Appianus to a brickmaker to supply a designated person with one thousand bricks. The order was written for Appianus by his secretary or agent who has the uncommon name, Phasganius, a name which has occured only once in all Greek Literature. Phasganius sent his own son< Argaios, to get the bricks.
- Persons
- Appianus, an agent or supervisor of a large estate (?);
- Chous, from Oxyrhinchite or hermopolite nome (?);
- Argaios;
- Phasganius
- Translation
- From Appianus to Choous, brick-maker, greeting. Give to Argaios, son of me, Phasganius, bricks to the number of one thousand, equal 1000.
- (2nd hand) I have authorized this order.
- (1st hand) Year 6, Pharmouthi 19
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections ZPE 33 Youtie LC 1979 215-6 Pl XIb SB XVI 12568 Youtie LC, ZPE 33, 215-6, 1979, Pl XIb -- SB XVI 12568 -- The reading "Argeou" is problematic. There is a vertical after "dos", then "alpha", "rho", followed by a letter that it looks like better an "epsilon" than "gamma". Then "tou" is certain followed by the reading of the edition "uiou mou Fas|ganiou". (NL) The reading "Argeou" is problematic. There is a vertical after "dos", then "alpha", "rho", followed by a letter that it looks like better an "epsilon" than "gamma". Then "tou" is certain followed by the reading of the edition "uiou mou Fas|ganiou". (NL)
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- NL
- Year Begin
- 200
- Year End
- 299
Technical Details
- Record
- 2500
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2500/5576a.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 5576; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2500/5576a.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2025.