O.Mich.inv. 4384 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- O.Mich.inv. 4384
- Processing Number
- 229
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Connections
- Archive of Melas, son of Horos
- Material
- Ost
- Size
- 5.5 x 5.8 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 8
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- Complete; badly faded
- Status
- published
- Library
- Cairo
Contents
- Date
- December 27, 298 A.D.
- Origin
- probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- 24-5008B-G x 14
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Severinus & Andreas, dekaprotoi
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Receipt for Transport of Grain
- Content
- Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Melas
- Subject Headings
- Service, Compulsory non-military--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Tax collection--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Land value taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Donkeys--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Grain--Transportation--Egypt.
- Granaries--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Receipts (Acknowledgments)--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Persons
- Severinus, dekaprotos;
- Andreas, dekaprotos;
- Melas son of Horos (see O.Mich. I, p. 198)
- Geographica
- horiodeiktia of Karanis
- Translation
- Of the granary of the horiodeiktia of Karanis, of the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andreas, [of the crop of year 14] and 13 [and 6, in the name of] Melas, son of Horos, one donkey, equal 1. Year 15 and 14 and 7, Tybi 1.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.229
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections OMich I Amundsen L 1935 465 Amundsen L, OMich I, 465, 1935 -- L. 3: read probably Andrea, instead of Andris(kou), and compare O.Mich. II, 913-916; III, 1066. (Unpublished note of H.C. Youtie) L. 3: read probably Andrea, instead of Andris(kou), and compare O.Mich. II, 913-916; III, 1066. (Unpublished note of H.C. Youtie)
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 298
- Year End
- 298
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3036 x 4308
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 229
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-229/4384o.tif
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"O.Mich.inv. 4384; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-229/4384o.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2025.