P.Mich.inv. 72 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 72

Processing Number

3088

Section/Side

Recto

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso is blank

Connections

Archive of Pausiris, son of Ammonios, the weaver (see Life in a Multi-cultural Society, 1992, p. 181-205)

Material

Pap

Size

9.9 x 35.9 cm

Items

2

Lines

23

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

Slightly damaged along the vertical folds

Palaeographic Description

All three hands use a medium-sized, clear, cursive style of writing (Pearl - Schuman)

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

September 9 or 16, 49 A.D.

Origin

Oxyrhynchon polis, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt

Provenance

Oxyrhynchon polis, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition

purchased in Egypt by B.P. Grenfell and F.W. Kelsey in March-April 1920

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Pausiris, son of Ammonios

Type of Text/Title of Work

Registration of an Apprentice

Content

Registration of an apprentice weaver by his father, for tax purposes

Subject Headings

Census--Registers--Egypt.

Weavers--Taxation--Egypt.

Weaving--Egypt.

Secretaries--Egypt--Oxyrhynchite Nome.

Scribes--Egypt--Oxyrhynchite Nome.

Apprentices--Registers--Egypt.--Oxyrhynchite Nome.

Fathers and sons--Egypt--Oxyrhynchite Nome.

Minors--Egypt--Oxyrhynchite Nome.

Signatures (Writing)--Egypt.

Persons

Apollonios, topogrammateus and komogrammateus of Oxyrhynchus;

Didymos, topogrammateus and komogrammateus of Oxyrhynchus;

Pausiris son of Ammonios, father of Ammonios, (gerdios) (see Life in a Multi-cultural Society, 1992, p. 181-205);

Ammonios son of Pausiris grandson of Ammonios, (mathetes) (see Life in a Multi-cultural Society, 1992, p. 181-205);

Claudius, emperor;

Apollonios son of Apollonios

Geographica

Oxyrhynchon polis; laura Hippeon Paremboles

Translation

To Apollonios and Didymos, toparchy secretaries and village secretarues of the city of Oxyrhynchus, from Pausiris, son of Ammonios, of the Cavalry Camp Quarter. Since I wish to apprentice my son, a minor, that he may learn the art of weaving, from the present tenth year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, to the master weaver Apollonios, son of Apollonios, of the same Cavalry Camp Quarter, I therefore ask you to register my son in the list of apprentices of the said year, as is fitting. Farewell.

(2nd hand) I, Didymos, have affixed my signature. The tenth year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, Sebastos 19.

(3rd hand) I, Apollonios, have affixed my signature. The tenth year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, Sebastos 12.

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3088

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich III	Pearl OM-Schuman VB	1936	170	Pearl OM-Schuman VB, PMich III, 170, 1936 -- BL III, 109 (l. 14)	BL III, 109 (l. 14)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

J.G. Winter, Life and Letters in the Papyri (Ann Arbor, 1933) p. 71; K.F.W. Schmidt, Phil.Woch. 58 (1938) p. 345; T. Gagos - L. Koenen - B.E. McNellen, Life in a Multi-cultural Society: Egypt from Cambyses to Constantine and Beyond (Chicago, 1992) p. 181-205, in part. p. 201 (No. 1)

Availability/System Requirements

Time to Scan

15

Scanner Initials

CT

Date Scanned

6/20/1996

Institution

sr

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

49

Year End

49

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

1045 x 2677

File Size

111 KB

Record

3088

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3088/72.tif content_copy

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