P.Mich.inv. 660 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 660
Processing Number
2889
Section/Side
Recto + Verso
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto + Verso
Connections
Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis
Material
Pap
Size
7 x 28 cm
Items
1
Lines
Recto - 42;
Verso - 1
Mounted
Yes
Negative
Yes
Conservation Status
badly rubbed and somewhat crumpled, so that the writing is very indistinct in many places
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
January 4, 48 A.D.
Origin
Either Talei or Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance
Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition
1921: acquired by Kelsey from Nahman in Cairo
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Petsiris son of Phoulemis
Type of Text/Title of Work
Petition to a Strategos
Content
Petition, addressed to Apollonios, strategos of the division of Polemon, by Petsiris, son of Phoulemis, who complains that while he was working in his vineyard he caught Patynion, son of Herakleides and his son driving mules through the vegetables that he had sown between his vines, and that when he remonstrated with them, they set upon him and beat him severely
Persons
Apollonios, strategos of the Polemonos meris;
Petsiris son of Phoulemis, Talites;
Claudius, emperor;
Ischyrion son of Ptolemaios;
Patynion son of Heraklides;
[- - -] son of Patynion;
(unnamed) archephodos of Talei
Geographica
Arsinoite nome; Talei; Talites
Translation
To Apollonios, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, from Petsiris, son of Phoulemis, a resident of Talei. On the 5th of Tybi of the present 8th year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, while I was at work in the vineyard, which I have rented from Ischyrion, son of Ptolemaios, near Talei, I found Patynion, son of Herakleides, and his son . . . in the act of driving . . . mules among the vegetables sown between the vine stocks, and when I remonstrated with them, they both heaped unseemly insults upon me and in addition beat me unmercifully on any part of my body that they could, and struck me on the side with their fists, so that now I am confined to bed and am in danger of my life. Therefore I ask you to write to the archephodos of Talei to send the accused to you for the coming assizes. Farewell.
The eighth year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, Tybi 9. Petsiris, about 45 years old, bald, with a scar on the top of his left eyebrow along the edge.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich V Boak AER 1944 229 Boak AER, PMich V, 229, 1944 -- BL III, 115 (l. 4) BL III, 115 (l. 4)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
C.B.Welles, AJPh 67 (1946) p. 89; Tomasz Derda, ARSINOITHS NOMOS. Administration of the Fayum under Roman Rule, Warsaw 2006, p. 89

Availability/System Requirements

Institution
sc

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
48
Year End
48

Technical Details

Image Size
4295 x 7014
File Size
1 MB
Record
2889
Link to this Item
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