P.Mich.inv. 6095 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 6095
- Processing Number
- 2637
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 32 x 11.2 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 16
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- many holes
- Palaeographic Description
- The writer's Greek is poor and the hand is crude (Sijpesteijn)
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- IInd century/Ist century B.C.
- Origin
- Soknopaiou Nesos, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Soknopaiou Nesos, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- 31-I108M*-P
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Petesis son of Papaios
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Petition to the Village Epistates
- Content
- Petition to Demetrios, epistates and archiphylakites of Soknopaiou Nesos, by Petesis son of Papaios, who complains that the fall of a wall of Psenatymis has hurted his pregnant wife and destroyed some furniture belonging to her.
- Persons
- Demetrios, epistates and archiphylakites of Soknopaiou Nesos;
- Petesis, son of Papaios;
- (unnamed) wife and daughter of Petesis;
- Psenatymis, kerdos (gerdios)
- Geographica
- Soknopaiou Nesos
- Translation
- To Demetrios, epistates and archiphylakites of Soknopaiou Nesos, from Petesis, son of Papaios, of the people from the same village. On the 29th of Phaophi of the . (.) year my wife and my daughter were asleep on the roof of her house when the wall of Psenatymis, weaver, fell upon them and - - - my wife who is pregnant is in danger of her life and as a result of this it happened that a robe worth 1 bronze talent and a woman's sleeved tunic worth 4,000 drachmai and the other furniture in the house were destroyed. I therefore present this petition to you in order that you may - - - until I obtain redress. Farewell.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2637
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich XV Sijpesteijn PJ 1982 688 Pl. III Sijpesteijn PJ, PMich XV, 688, 1982, Pl. III -- BL VIII, 219 (line 8) BL VIII, 219 (line 8)
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- G. Husson, BibO 42 (1985) col. 331.
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- -199
- Year End
- -1
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3480 x 4608
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2637
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2637/6095r.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 6095; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2637/6095r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.