P.Wisc. inv. 28 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Wisc. inv. 28
- Processing Number
- 5396
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 11.5 x 17.6 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 9 lines
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- A yellowish papyrus, cut off straight on all sides. At the left-hand side there is a margin of 1.5 cm., at the bottom one of 10 cm. Five vertical folds are still visible.
- Palaeographic Description
- The text runs parallel to the fibers. The writer, who writes a well-trained hand, has evidently tried to make the lines run up to the very edge. The text has faded in some places, but is only damaged by a few holes.
- Status
- Published
- Library
- Department of Special Collections; Memorial Library; Madison; Wisconsin
Contents
- Date
- August 5, 158 A.D.
- Origin
- Provenance Unknown
- Provenance
- Unknown
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Harpaesis, foreman
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Application for payment
- Content
- This papyrus is addressed to a certain Matreas, of Harpaesis, whose function is not mentioned. Harpaesis might have been the foreman of the ano ousia. This papyrus deals with one of the requests for payments of expenses incurred by the mangers of certain ousiai, and is addressed to the person who had the general superintendence of these ousiai in the district in which the estates were situated.
- Subject Headings
- Foreman
- Ano ousia
- Request
- Payment
- Expenses
- Mangers
- Ousiai
- Superintendence
- District
- Estates.
- Persons
- Harpaesis;
- Matreas.
- Translation
- Harpaesis, foreman, to Matreas, the most honored, greetings. If it seems right to you, send me then for the costs of transport of the wheat, that is measured in the granaries, one hundred and sixty drachmas, total 160 drachmas, of which I shall render an account. The year 21 of Antoninus Caesar the Lord, the 12th Mesore. Give the 160 drachmas.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/wisconsin.apis.5396
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PWisc I Sijpesteijn P.J. 1967 20 Plate VII Sijpesteijn P.J., PWisc I, 20, 1967, Plate VII
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- MA
- Year Begin
- 158
- Year End
- 158
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 4042 x 5371
- File Size
- 3 MB
- Record
- 5396
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-5396/w28r.tif
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:5396:W28R.TIF
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"P.Wisc. inv. 28; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-5396/w28r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.