P.Mich.inv. 3126 / Verso
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 3126
- Processing Number
- 1815
- Section/Side
- Recto + Verso
- Image Side
- Verso
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto (written across the fibres) + Verso
- Connections
- Zenon archive
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 32 x 6.5 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- Recto - 4;
- Verso - 2
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- complete; damaged on the right and left sides
- Palaeographic Description
- Recto written across the fibres
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- June 17, 257 B.C. (received July 11, 257 B.C.)
- Origin
- Memphis, Memphite nome, Egypt
- Provenance
- Philadelpheia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
- Acquisition
- July 1925; Acquired from Dr. Kondilios
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Nikon(?)
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Business Letter
- Content
- Letter from Nikon(?) to Zenon
- Subject Headings
- Commercial correspondence--Egypt.
- Wool--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)
- Women--Egypt.
- Rams--Egypt.
- Persons
- Nikon(?) (see Pros.Ptol. I 98 + add.; Pap.Lugd.Bat. XXI, p. 377);
- Zenon (son of Agreophon) (see Pros.Ptol. I 80 + add.);
- Bia (see Pros.Ptol. V 12742)
- Translation
- (Recto)
- [Nikon] to Zenon greeting. Bia is asking for the two rams' fleeces which you left behind for making yarn. Write to us therefore if they are to be given to her. For she said that she is in need of woollen yarn and is behindhand for that reason. And indeed I had written to you about this before. Farewell. Year 29, Pharmouthi 25.
- (Verso)
- To Zenon.
- (upside down, on the right) About fleeces(?).
- (Docket, 2nd hand) Nikon(?) about two fleeces, asking if they are to be given to Bia. (Received) year 29, Daisios 11.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1815
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich I Edgar CC 1931 16 Edgar CC, PMich I, 16, 1931 -- BL IX, 164 (bibliography) BL IX, 164 (bibliography) C.ptol.Sklav. II Scholl R 1990 204 Scholl R, C.ptol.Sklav. II, 204, 1990
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- -257
- Year End
- -257
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 4608 x 3480
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 1815
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1815/3126v_a.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 3126; Verso". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1815/3126v_a.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 07, 2023.