P.Mich.inv. 290 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 290

Processing Number

1677

Section/Side

Verso

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Verso; Recto is unpublished (fragment of a register, bearing account of arrears for years 8-11 of an unknown Emperor, perhaps for 168-171 A.D.?)

Material

Pap

Size

12 x 32.5 cm

Items

1

Lines

Verso - 24 + 2

Mounted

Yes

Negative

Yes

Conservation Status

Badly damaged, mainly at the top

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

ca. 188-190 A.D.

Origin

Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt

Provenance

Oxyrhynchus, 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

Dioskourides, . . . in office, and . . .on, exegete in office

Type of Text/Title of Work

Official Letter

Content

Draft of a letter to the official of the municipal funds of Oxyrhynchus informing him of an order issued by the dioiketes that for every bull which should have been sent to sacrifice at an important contest (perhaps the 54th Megala Antinoeia of 184 A.D.) 400 drachmai be collected from the persons concerned and paid into the fiscus

Subject Headings

Administration

Animal

Festival

Letter

Religion

Tax collection

Persons

Dioskourides, enarchos [. . .] (gymnasiarchos?) of [Oxyrhynchiton polis] (see also P.Koeln III, 143?);

[. . .],enarchos exegetes of [Oxyrhynchus];

Herodes son of Apion, ho epi ton politikon;

Claudius Ischyrion alias Artemidoros, strategos of Oxyrhynchite (see also P.Koeln III, 143);

Ummidius Pius(?), dioiketes

Geographica

[Oxyrhynchiton] polis; (Oxyrhynchite) nome

Translation

Dioskourides, . . . in office, [and] . . .on, exegete in office of the city [of Oxyrhynchus] to my dearest Herodes, son of Apion, supervisor of the municipal funds of the same city, greeting.

(There is being sent you a . . .) of the copy which the strategos of the nome, Claudius Ischyrion also called Artemidoros, sent ot us of a letter written by his excellency Ummidius Pius(?) the dioiketes to the strategoi of some nomes, among whom (was the governor) of this one, about having the monies owed for the bulls which should have been sent from this nome for the past fifty-fourth contest, 400 dr. for each bull, collected from the proper persons and forwarded to the state treasury. [[We therefore send you word, most honored friend, in order that you may inform us as to how many bulls the draft from the municipal account is made out for, at 400 dr. a piece]] We therefore send you word, most honored friend, in order that action may be taken in accordance with the instructions.

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1677

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich XI	Shelton JC	1971	623	Shelton JC, PMich XI, 623, 1971 -- BL VII, 115, (1, 2, 8, 9, 13; date).	BL VII, 115, (1, 2, 8, 9, 13; date).

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

J.R. Rea, JEA 60 (1974) p. 296-297; J.E.G. Whitehorne, ZPE 26 (1977) 249-252; D. Hagedorn, ZPE 29 (1978) p. 190

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

188

Year End

190

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

2830 x 4572

File Size

2 MB

Record

1677

Link to this Item

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