P.Wisc. inv. 26 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Wisc. inv. 26
Processing Number
5407
Section/Side
Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto
Material
Pap
Size
38.7 20.4 cm
Items
1
Lines
Column I: 19 lines; Column II: 6 lines
Mounted
Yes
Negative
No
Conservation Status
A light-brown papyrus with dark stains, regularly cut off on all sides. There is an upper margin of 2 cm. ; below column I there is an open space varying between 2.5 and 3.5 cm., below column II there is an open space varying between 13 and 14 cm. (at the right-hand side the lines slope upwards). At least one more column must have been written before column I (traces of this text are still visible at the level of lines 7 and 9 of column I). The text has been mutilated in a few places by holes, especially at the folds (12 vertical ones). Lines 8, 18, 19, 24 and 25 are indented; line 9 is shorter than the others. In a few places there is a small space where a new sentence begins. On the recto side the text runs parallel to the fibers and on the verso side against the fibers. The verso side would seem to have been used before.
Palaeographic Description
The first hand is very skilled and writes small letters in deep black ink. The second hand writes its letters extremely close together, but bespeaks great skill. The third hand (between this and the second hand there is a free space of 6.5 cm.) is unskilled and writes large, clumsy letters.
Status
Published
Library
Department of Special Collections; Memorial Library; Madison; Wisconsin

Contents

Date
May 20, 149 A.D.
Origin
Theadelphia, Themistou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance
Unknown
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Theon; Epithumetos
Type of Text/Title of Work
Official Correspondence
Content
Pamphilos, who has the brushwood in lease in the neighborhood of Theadelphia, belonging to the imperial estates, has lodged a complaint with the procurator usiacus that the area in question doesn’t receive the usual amount of water.
Persons
Apollonios;
Epithumetos;
Irenaios;
Pamphilos, alias Sokrates;
Theon.
Geographica
Theadelphia
Translation
Recto:
That he] has checked [the water] in such a way, that not only he, but also the village does not have what is necessary and I have let you know, that you make this clear to Apollonios, in order that he knows it for once. Let him supply the usual amount of water to all the imperial estates right willingly. Report everything concerning these to the egregius procurator, at last year, too, a yearly rent for that brushwood was fixed by the egregius procurator. I pray that you are in good health. The year11 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, the 30th Thoth. A copy of that which has been sent was forwarded to Apollonios, the guardian of the banks, with the following contents. To Apollonios, the guardian of the banks. A copy of that which has been sent by Epithumetos, assistant of Irenaios, procurator of Caesar, the lord, in connection with the request of Pamphilos, alias Sokrates, the leaseholder of brushwood in the vicinity of the village of Theadelphia, who complains about you, because you do not supply him with the usual amount of water, about which he claims to have written to you, I have attached below, in order that you know, because he wished that it should also become clear to you through me what he has sent, and that you see to it that the usual amount of water is supplied. Year 11 of Antoninus Caesar, the lord, the 3rd Phaophi. And Ephithumetos was sent word as fellows. The message sent by you because of the request of Pamphilos, alias Sokrates
, leaseholder of the brushwood in the vicinity of the village of Theadelphia. I have made clear to Apollonios, the guardian of the banks, as is written below. Year 11 of Antoninus Caesar, the lord, the 3rd Phaophi. And below was attached a copy of the above.
Verso:
So far the letter from the person raising objection. Added to this was a reply from Apollonios, the guardian of the banks. To Theon, strategus of the Arsinoite nome, of the merides of Themistes and Polemon, Apollonios, the guardian of the banks, to his most beloved, greetings. Letter. Below was attached the copy of the letter from the personraising objection. So far also the (copies) of that which was sent to Apollonios and that which was sent to the person raising objections. Year 12 of Antoninos Caesar, the lord, the 25th Pachon in Theadelphia of the Thimstes (division).

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PWisc I Sijpesteijn P.J. 1967 31 Plate XI Sijpesteijn P.J., PWisc I, 31, 1967, Plate XI

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
Hagedorn Dieter, Bemerkungen zu einigen Wisconsin Papyri. ZPE 1 (1967) pp. 143-160; Lewis Naphtali, Noemata legontos. 19-29, BASP 5 (1968) pp. 25-30.

Cataloging

Cataloger
MA
Year Begin
149
Year End
149

Technical Details

Image Size
6447 x 5677
File Size
5 MB
Record
5407
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