P.Mich.inv. 1936 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 1936
- Processing Number
- 1550
- Section/Side
- Recto + Verso
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto + Verso
- Connections
- P.Princ. inv. no. GD 9562 (Tyche 5, 1990, p. 169-170)
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 24.5 x 29.3 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- Recto - 17;
- Verso - 1
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- Badly damaged on the right side; the pattern of the damage reflects the way the papyrus was once folded. The existence of a kollesis at 6.0 cm from the right edge certainly contributed further to the damage on this side
- Palaeographic Description
- The writing is very professional, which i not surprising because the document was produced by a secretary working for the state treasury (Gagos)
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- Vth/VIth century A.D.
- Origin
- Pelousion, province of Augustamnica, Egypt
- Provenance
- Unknown
- Acquisition
- November 1924
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- A scribe of the scrinium canonum of the sacrae largitiones
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Memorandum of Instructions Dealing with Distribution of Oil in Pelousion
- Content
- Two memoranda containing related instructions from the office of the scrinium canonum (Revenue department), dealing with distribution (not free dole, but subsidized sale?) of oil in Pelousion, and intended as basic guidelines for letters to be sent to municipal officials of this city
- Subject Headings
- Pelusium (Extinct city)
- Olive oil--Taxation--Egypt--Pelusium (Extinct city)
- Food supply--Egypt--Pelusium (Extinct city)
- Olive oil--Prices--Egypt--Pelusium (Extinct city)
- Price regulation--Egypt--Pelusium (Extinct city)
- Persons
- Hypatios, politeuomenos (curialis) of Pelousion;
- Theodosios, politeuomenos (curialis) kai pater (poleos) of Pelousion;
- Photios, politeuomenos (curialis) kai epikeimenos to elaiko titlo;
- (unnamed) proestotes tou demou;
- (unnamed) Tyreoi (Tyrioi);
- (unnamed) ophphikialios (officialis)
- Geographica
- he Pelousioton metropolis (Pelousion); Tyreos (Tyrios); Thylax
- Translation
- (Recto)
- To write a letter to Hypatios, the curialis of the metropolis of Pelousion, to take on as associates Theodosios, the curialis and father (of the city), and Photios, the curialis and n charge of the oil tax, and the supervisors of the taxes(?), and the Tyrians who are currently staying in the metropolis of Pelousion and the village Thylax,; and in the designated place of the city an exact decision should be made on how the oil ought to be distributed to those inhabiting the metropolis of Pelousion, in order that they hold blamelessly the goods for their prosperity and . . . make this clear to the court, because a threat is being stipulated against him and an officer is being dispatched.
- To write a letter to Theodosios, the curialis and father of the metropolis of Pelousion, to fetch all the Tyrians who are currently staying in the metropolis of Pelousion and the village Thylax, to Hypatios the curialis so that in the presence of all those who have been ordered, an eact decision should be made for the sale of the oil, how it ought to be distributed to those inhabiting the metropolis of Pelousion, in order that they hold blamelessly the goods for their prosperity, because a threat is being stipulated against him.
- Revenue department (Scrinium canonum).
- (Verso)
- Memorandum.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1550
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich XVIII Gagos T - Burns BE - MacKay C 1996 795 Pl. XLI Gagos T - Burns BE - MacKay C, PMich XVIII, 795, 1996, Pl. XLI -- -- BL XI, 135 (bibliography); BL XI, 135 (bibliography);
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- T. Gagos, ZPE 121 (1998) p. 144; B. Kramer, Archiv 44 (1998) p. 330-331
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- s
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 500
- Year End
- 599
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2267 x 2438
- File Size
- 736 KB
- Record
- 1550
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1550/1936r.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 1936; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1550/1936r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.