P.Mich.inv. 6870 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 6870
- Processing Number
- 2975
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Connections
- Archive of Petaus, son of Petaus, komogrammateus of Ptolemais Hormou
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 7.8 x 21.2 cm.
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 1-17
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- This rather dark-brown papyrus is fairly regularly cut at all sides. Some damage in the upper and lower halves of the document, but very little text is lost. (TC)
- Palaeographic Description
- A somewhat irregular cursive. The entire text presents a somewhat uneven impression due to the different shades of the ink: some of the letters are faded and other are stand out in bold, and it looks as though the scribe has tried to redraw these letters, perhaps originally somewhat faded. Between the letter and the date there is a free space of 4.5 cm.(TC)
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- July 6, 185 A.D.
- Origin
- Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- purchased in England through Prof. C. Schmidt in September 1937
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- documentary
- Author
- Petaus
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- letter
- Content
- In this letter Petaus brings forth the name of Pnepheros, son of Onnophris, mother Taorsaiepis, living in the village of Kerkesoucha Orous. This person is to cooperate with persons from other villages appointed for the same task, which is that of procuring a number of male camels. Neither the number of camels needed nor the job for which they are needed are specified in the letter.
- Persons
- Apollonios;
- Petaus;
- Pnepheros, son of Onnophris, mother Taorsaiepis;
- Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar our Lord;
- Geographica
- Arsinoite nome;
- Herakleides meris;
- Kerkesoucha Orous;
- Translation
- "To Apollonios, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides meris, from Petaus, village scribe of Kerkesoucha Orous and other villages. On your request for a name, I give you the following person who is wealthy and suitable for the job together with those of the other villages, of procuring male camels. He is: Pnepheros, son of Onnophris, mother Taorsaiepis.
- In year 25 of Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar our Lord. Epeiph 12."
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2975
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PPetaus Hagedorn U - Hagedorn D - Youtie LC - Youtie HC 1969 85 Hagedorn U - Hagedorn D - Youtie LC - Youtie HC, PPetaus, 85, 1969
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC
- Year Begin
- 185
- Year End
- 185
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3111 x 5163
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2975
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2975/6870r.tif
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- Manifest
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:2975
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"P.Mich.inv. 6870; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2975/6870r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 09, 2025.