P.Mich.inv. 3117 / Verso
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 3117
- Processing Number
- 1806
- Section/Side
- Recto + Verso
- Image Side
- Verso
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto + Verso
- Connections
- Zenon archive
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 7.5 x 34.5 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- Recto - 30;
- Verso - 3
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- complete
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- ca. 251-248 B.C.[?]
- Origin
- Unknown place, Egypt
- Provenance
- Philadelpheia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
- Acquisition
- July 1925; Acquired from Dr. Kondilios
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Philon
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Business Letter
- Content
- Letter from Philon to Zenon, about a deferred payment of two hundred-drachma pieces (mnaieia) which are due to Zenon and which the writer proposes to repay in green arakos
- Subject Headings
- Stewards--Egypt.
- Debtor and creditor--Egypt.
- Drachma.
- Commercial correspondence--Egypt.
- Vetch--Egypt.
- Exchange--Egypt.
- Persons
- Philon (see Pros.Ptol. IV 8568);
- Zenon (son of Agreophon) (see Pros.Ptol. I 80 + add.);
- Aristandros (oikonomos) (see Pros.Ptol. I 1021 + add.);
- Sostratos (see Pros.Ptol. IV 11760)
- Translation
- (Recto)
- Philon to Zenon greeting. The reason why you have been kept waiting about the two hundred-drachma pieces is that Aristandros interfered with us. However, this must not go on, but the money will shortly be obtained from other sources and repaid to you. You will be kind enough then not to believe that you have been kept waiting by my fault, but to take note of the real cause. If you or Sostratos need any green wild chickling (arakos), take as much as you wish, whether to the value of the whole sum or to part of it. If not, I have agreed with some shepherds who will pay me a price for it, so that in any case your claim shall be settled. I should have been away in town long ago if this particular thing had not prevented me. Farewell. See that this letter is not thrown aside until I come to you.
- (Verso)
- To Zenon.
- From Philon.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1806
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich I Edgar CC 1931 56 Edgar CC, PMich I, 56, 1931
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- s
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- -251
- Year End
- -248
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 4608 x 3480
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 1806
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1806/3117v_a.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 3117; Verso." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1806/3117v_a.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 05, 2024.