P.Mich.inv. 6894 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 6894
- Processing Number
- 3005
- 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
- 6.8 x 26 cm.
- Items
- 3
- Lines
- 1-17
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- Broken on all sides and badly damaged. (TC)
- Palaeographic Description
- The hand is a quick and confident cursive moving slightly upwards from left to right. (TC) Between the text and the date there is a free space of 7.5 cm.
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- 186/187 A.D.
- Origin
- Ptolemaios Hormou, Herakleides meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt (?)
- Provenance
- Ptolemaios Hormou, Herakleides meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt (?)
- Acquisition
- purchased in England through Prof. C. Schmidt in September 1937
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- documentary
- Author
- Petaus, son of Petaus
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- letter
- Content
- In this letter Petaus suggests to the strategos of the Herakleides meris to let a certain Heron, son of Herakleides and . . ., take over as deliverer of grain samples.
- Persons
- Apollotas;
- Petaus;
- Sarapion, son of Apollonios;
- Heron, son of Herakleides, mother Di. . .;
- Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the Lord;
- Geographica
- Arsinoite (nome);
- Herakleides meris;
- Ptolemais Hormou;
- Translation
- "To Apollotas, the strategos of the Herakleides meris of the Arsinoite nome, from Petaus, the village scribe of Ptolemaios Hormou and other villages.
- Upon the request from you, that a person be brought forward as a replacement for Sarapion, son of Apollonios, the deliverer of grain samples from Ptolemaios Hormou, I suggest the following person who has a significant fortune and is well suited. His name is: Heron, son of Herakleides, mother Di[ .
- In year 27 of Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar, our Lord . . ."
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3005
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PPetaus Hagedorn U - Hagedorn D - Youtie LC - Youtie HC 1969 56 Hagedorn U - Hagedorn D - Youtie LC - Youtie HC, PPetaus, 56, 1969 -- BL VII, 158 on line 8, but see pg. 244 on PStrasb I 31 BL VII, 158 on line 8, but see pg. 244 on PStrasb I 31
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC
- Year Begin
- 186
- Year End
- 187
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2799 x 6354
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 3005
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3005/6894r.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 6894; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3005/6894r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.