P.Mich.inv. 6948 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 6948

Processing Number

3036

Section/Side

Recto

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso is P. Mich. Koenen 779

Connections

P.Mich. XVIII, 775-780; P.Heid. VI, 374

Material

Pap

Size

31.5 x 32.5 cm

Items

2

Lines

38

Mounted

Yes

Negative

Yes

Conservation Status

Badly damaged along vertical and horizontal folds; iink badly obscured over large portions of the text

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

(After) 193/192 B.C.

Origin

Mouchis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt

Provenance

Unknown necropolis (cemeteries at Abusir al-Malaq or al-Lahun?)

Acquisition

Mummy cartonnage bought in 1982

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Peteminis (alias Ptolemaios)

Type of Text/Title of Work

Petition to the Dioiketes

Content

(Draft/copy of a) Petition addressed to the dioiketes Athenodoros by Peteminis alias Ptolemaios, who, as the third concessionaire for the beer sales in Mouchis in 193/192 B.C., felt he was wronged by the oikonomos who had given him the concession

Subject Headings

Beer--Taxation--Egypt

Concessions (Amusements, etc.)--Egypt

Exclusive licenses--Egypt

Arrest--Egypt

Justice, Administration of--Egypt

Chests--Egypt

Aphrodito (Extinct city)

Persons

Athenodoros, dioiketes (see P.Mich. XVIII, p. 93-95);

Peteminis (alias Ptolemaios) (see P.Mich. XVIII, p. 92-93);

Pythion, oikonomos (see also P.Mich. XVIII, 777; 779);

Onnophris;

Petesouchos (see also P.Mich. XVIII, 780?);

(unnamed) dokimastes;

(unnamed) grammateus;

(unnamed) chrematistai;

Philon, archiphylakites;

(unnamed) phylakitai

Geographica

Mouchis, Polemonos meris; Aphrodites polis; Eleusis

Translation

To Athenodoros the dioiketes, from Peteminis from Mouchis of the division of Polemon. I am wronged by Pythion, the oikonomos of the same division. When Onnophris undertook the beer tax of Mouchis for the 13th year, [having . . .]ed in Phaophi . . ., Pythion awarded the contract for Mouchis to Petesouchos, who then held the beer concession for Aphroditopolis and Eleusis at the rate of 42 talents 2000 drachmai, 20 talents . . . to manage the beer shop of Mouchis, and at the same time(?) [according to the] decree, . . . this same Petesouchos . . . [- - -] . . . of Aphroditopolis and Eleusis from the months of Phaophi until Tybi . . . [- - -] . . . When he came to Mouchis, having taken care that . . . [- - -] . . . that the scribe owed, he, using as his excuse, . . . and thus he sent for me . . . and exacted from me 4000 drachmai, in addition to what I gave him as surety, two women's storage chests and one man's storage chest, and . . . which are worth 5 talents 2300 drachmai. When I went to the . . ., . . . I therefore ask you, if you approve, (since Pythion has withdrawn, although I filed a second petition, no justice transpired?), first and foremost, send this petition to the chrematistai, but if not, write to Philon, chief of police, to write an order for me to the police in every village (in order that he be found somewhere) to bring him before you. When this happens, I shall have obtained justice.

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3037

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich XVIII	Loftus A - Schwendner G	1996	778	Pl. XV	Loftus A - Schwendner G, PMich XVIII, 778, 1996, Pl. XV

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

B. Kramer, Archiv 44 (1998) p. 326

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

-193

Year End

-192

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

6106 x 5693

File Size

5 MB

Record

3036

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3036/6948r.tif content_copy

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