P.Mich.inv. 946 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 946
Processing Number
3177
Section/Side
Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso is blank
Connections
Archive of Kronion son of Apion, nomographos of the grapheion of Tebtynis
Material
Pap
Size
11 x 29.5 cm
Items
1
Lines
33
Mounted
No
Negative
No
Conservation Status
Slightly damaged on the right side
Palaeographic Description
A reather heavy upright cursive (Boak)
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
February 4, 48 A.D.
Origin
Either Talei or Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance
Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition
June 1922; acquired from Nahman through the British Museum
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Papontos son of Papontos
Type of Text/Title of Work
Petition to a Strategos
Content
Petition, addressed to Apollonios, strategos of the division of Polemon, by Papontos, son of Papontos, who complains that his house was entered and robbed of some material and that when he and a village police-man discovered part of it in the house of Patynion, the latter abused him and caused a child whom he was carrying on his shoulder to fall to the ground
Persons
Apollonios, strategos of the Polemonos meris;
Papontos son of Papontos, georgos;
(unnamed) epistatai of Talei;
Patynion son of Herakles (see also P. Mich. V, 328);
Claudius, emperor
Geographica
Arsinoite nome; Talei, Polemonos meris; legomenos Psenantitos (kleros)
Translation
To Apollonios, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, from Papontos, son of Papontos, a resident of Talei in the division of Polemon, a farmer of the so-called (allotment) of Psenantis among the residents of Talei in the same division. Whereas certain persons came as robbers into the house which I have in the aforesaid village of Talei and carried off ten wooden beams and a mortar belonging to me, and whereas, while I was making an investigation into the matter in company with the epistates of the village of Talei, I found as evidence of the theft in the house of Patynion, son of Herakles, a part of the stolen beams, five in number, and whereas, while I was arguing with him about these, he insulted me outrageously and in the scuffle a child whom I had on my shoulder fell to the ground in such a manner that it is in danger of its life, I ask you to write to the epistatai of Talei to send the accused Patynion to you for the coming assizes. Farewell.
The eighth year of Claudius, Mecheir 10.
Papontos, about 45 years old, tall, light brown in color, with a scar on the left side of his nose below the eyebrow.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich V Boak AER 1944 230 Boak AER, PMich V, 230, 1944 -- BL IV, 54 (l. 4; 6) BL IV, 54 (l. 4; 6)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
H.C. Youtie, Eos 48, 1 (1956) p. 379-381 [= H.C. Youtie, Scriptiunculae II (Amsterdam, 1973) p. 379-381]; Tomasz Derda, ARSINOITHS NOMOS. Administration of the Fayum under Roman Rule, Warsaw 2006, p. 89

Availability/System Requirements

Institution
sc

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
48
Year End
48

Technical Details

Image Size
3480 x 4608
File Size
2 MB
Record
3177
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3177/946r.tif

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