P.Mich.inv. 6952 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 6952

Processing Number

3041

Section/Side

Recto

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso is blank

Connections

P.Mich. XVIII, 771-773

Material

Pap

Size

11.4 x 31 cm

Items

2

Lines

37

Mounted

No

Negative

Yes

Conservation Status

Damaged along two vertical folds and along the right edge

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

ca. 194/193 B.C.

Origin

Oxyrhyncha, 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

Menches

Type of Text/Title of Work

Complaint

Content

Complaint (hypomnema), addressed by the goldsmith Menches to the epimeletes Protarchos, because, after being whipped and searched by Ptolemaios and Menelaos, has been deprived by them of a lump of silver, which they were ordered to give back to him, but didn't, so that Menches has now problems with the person who had given the silver to him to work on

Subject Headings

Tax collection--Corrupt practices--Egypt--Arsinoë (Fayy¯um : Extinct city)

Taxes, Farming of--Egypt--Oxyrhynchite Nome.

Goldsmiths--Violence against--Egypt--Arsinoë (Fayy¯um : Extinct city)

Silver--Egypt--Arsinoë (Fayy¯um : Extinct city)

Necklaces--Egypt--Arsinoë (Fayy¯um : Extinct city)

Police corruption--Egypt--Arsinoë (Fayy¯um : Extinct city)

Justice, Administration of--Egypt--Arsinoë (Fayy¯um : Extinct city)

Persons

Protarchos, epimeletes (see also P.Mich. XVIII, 776);

Menches, chrysochoos (see also P.Mich. XVIII, 771-773);

Ptolemaios (see also P.Mich. XVIII, 771-773; see also P.Mich. XVIII, p. 93 and 119);

(Ptolemy V Epiphanes), basileus;

Menelaos ho kata polin (see also P.Mich. XVIII, 773);

Asklepiades, ho para (Protarchou)

Geographica

Oxyrhyncha, Polemonos meris; Krokodeilon polis (Arsinoiton polis)

Translation

To Protarchos, the epimeletes, from Menches, the goldsmith of the Oxyrhynchites in the division of Polemon. After Ptolemaios, tax farmer of the goldsmiths' tax for the nome, found me in Krokodilopolis and made accusations against me (although I owed nothing to the king) and took with him as a helper Menelaos, a police officer, and they led me off and treated me violently and took away from me the silver lump that I had under contract and the necklace, for which things the weight is 108 drachmai, for which the documents will be attached, I appeared against them before Asklepiades, your agent, and they agreed and said they would return the things, but as of this hour they have not given them back. And since I am being harassed by the owner of the silver I am not able to leave town but am being destroyed since I am idle. Therefore, in order that I be able to pay the taxes owed to the royal bank in full, I ask and beseech you to send for them and to force them to give back the silver to me. For, when this is accomplished, I, who participate in the tax farming operations of the state, will not be done injustice, but will have received help. Farewell.

Papyri.info Link

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Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich XVIII	Pratt L	1996	774	Pl. XI	Pratt L, PMich XVIII, 774, 1996, Pl. XI

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

s

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

-194

Year End

-193

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

1378 x 2838

File Size

520 KB

Record

3041

Link to this Item

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