P.Mich.inv. 4684 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 4684
- Processing Number
- 2259
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 17 X 10 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 21
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- complete
- Palaeographic Description
- See electronic version of PMich IX, 536
- Status
- Published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- January 12, 185 A.D.
- Origin
- Psenyris ano, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- 26-B17E-A
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Dioskoros (alias Kastor?)
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Official letter: nominations to a liturgy
- Content
- Report addressed by Dioskoros, village secretary of Psenyris ano, to the strategos Apollonios, submitting to him names of persons qualified to assist the praktores argyrikon (perhaps because of the massive preparations needed for an impending visit of the prefect Longaeus Rufus?)
- Subject Headings
- Rome--Politics and government.
- Service, Compulsory non-military--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.
- Visits of state--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.
- Tax collection--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.
- Wealth--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.
- Persons
- Apollonios, strategos of the Herakleidou meris;
- Dioskoros, komogrammateus of Psenyris ano;
- Kastor, komogrammateus (other name of the preceding?);
- (unnamed) praktores argyrikon;
- Eros son of Anchorimphis;
- Paesis son of Petermouthis;
- Claudius son of Sarapion;
- Isidoros son of Deios;
- Commodus, Emperor
- Geographica
- Herakleidou meris of the Arsinoite nome; Psenyris ano
- Translation
- To Apollonios, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division, from Dioskoros, village secretary of Upper Psenyris.
- To help and assist the collectors of money-taxes, because they are not sufficient for the collection of the receipts, which are very great, at your request for names I submit the following as financially able and suitable. They are:
- Eros, son of Anchorimphis, having property worth 600 drachmai;
- Paesis, son of Petermouthis, ditto, 800 drachmai;
- Claudius, son of Sarapion, ditto, 800 drachmai;
- Isidoros, son of Deios, ditto, 800 drachmai.
- (2nd hand) I, Kastor, village secretary, have submitted (the nominations). {I, Kastor, village secretary, have submitted (the nominations).}
- (1st hand) Year 25 of Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Pius. Tybi 17.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2259
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich IX Husselman EM 1971 536 Husselman EM, PMich IX, 536, 1971
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- P.Petaus, p. 202.
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 185
- Year End
- 185
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2032 x 2848
- File Size
- 770 KB
- Record
- 2259
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2259/4684r.tif
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