P.Mich.inv. 578 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 578
Processing Number
2551
Section/Side
Recto + Verso
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso contains four incomplete lines of writing (both sides across the fibers).
Connections
Collection of texts relating to the temple of Apa Apollo at Bawit and Titkooh in the Hermopolite Nome
Material
Pap
Size
8.1 x 10.3 cm.
Items
1
Lines
1-9
Mounted
Yes
Negative
No
Conservation Status
The present document was cut from a larger document which was written in four lines on a long strip of papyrus, (cf. verso, TC). It was folded from bottom to top, and a break goes through three folds, the largest lacuna being of course on the outer fold.
Palaeographic Description
The large lacuna on the outerfold obscures part of line 3. The remainder of the text is perfectly legible. The second hand, in large uncials, closely resembles the second hand in P. Mich. inv. 1300. (TC)
Status
Published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
VIIth/VIIIth century A.D.
Origin
Hermopolite nome, middle Egypt, province of Egypt
Provenance
Hermopolite nome, middle Egypt, province of Egypt
Acquisition
1921; Acquired by Kelsey from Dr. Askren; Notes by Crum, 1921
Language
Coptic
Genre
documentary
Author
Kyros (?)
Type of Text/Title of Work
Receipt
Content
Receipt in which Kyros acknowledges that he has received 4 sacks from Mena who met his tax obligation for the poll tax in that way.
Persons
Mena;
Georgios;
Kyros
Geographica
-
Translation
"Our father it is who writes to his sons, the brethren of the poll-tax (saying) Lo, (there are) 4 sacks of Mena the sack-weaver; they have been received by me in respect of his poll-tax. So give him his receipt and see to them all and let them be made at the rate of 4 sacks to the half solidus. Pharmouthi 18, indiction 11. Giorgios.
(2nd hd.) Kyros."

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
Aegyptus 31 Husselman EM 1951 332-3 Husselman EM, Aegyptus 31, 332-3, 1951

Cataloging

Cataloger
TC
Year Begin
600
Year End
799

Technical Details

Image Size
3666 x 4748
File Size
908 KB
Record
2551
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2551/578r.tif

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"P.Mich.inv. 578; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2551/578r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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