P.Mich.inv. 6861 / Verso

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Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 6861
Processing Number: 2965
Section/Side: Recto + Verso
Image Side: Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: Recto + Verso
Connections: -
Material: Pap
Size: 13.5 x 8 cm.
Items: 1
Lines: 1-8
Mounted: No
Negative: No
Conservation Status: Text is complete, and the papyrus is regularly cut at all sides. (TC)
Palaeographic Description: Greek cursive, similar to no. 6854; BMC no. 1011, pl. 3 (749 A.D.)
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: VIIIth century A.D.
Origin: unknown
Provenance: unknown
Acquisition: purchased by Prof. Worrell in Egypt in the spring of 1936
Language: Coptic
Genre: doucmentary
Author: unknown
Type of Text/Title of Work: letter
Content: letter mentioning an appointee, Serenos, and demanding a payment in strong language. The address, which is almost illegible, mentions Theodoros, probably the addressee.
Subject Headings: Letter writing, Greek--Egypt.; Cities and towns--Officials and employees--Egypt.; Tax collection--Egypt.; Threats--Egypt.
Persons: Serenos;; Theodoros;
Geographica: -
Translation: "That we (?) may know that I have appointed Serenos to complete the tax (?). I do not appoint him over you that he may (?) give something in your behalf. But give the allottment, your payment. Collect it. Take it. For if you seek to default it (?) respecting anything on it, I shall send one who will bring it out of your bones."
Papyri.info Link: https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2965

Information on Publications

Publications: Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections

PMich Coptic III Worrell WH 1942 15 Worrell WH, PMich Coptic III, 15, 1942

Cataloging

Cataloger: TC
Year Begin: 700
Year End: 799

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 4516 x 4299
File Size: 3 MB
Record: 2965
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2965/6861v.tif

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Full citation: "P.Mich.inv. 6861; Verso." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2965/6861v.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich Coptic III	Worrell WH	1942	15	Worrell WH, PMich Coptic III, 15, 1942