P.Mich.inv. 6871 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 6871
- Processing Number
- 2976
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Connections
- + P.Mich.inv. 6872 + 6873. - Archive of Petaus, son of Petaus, komogrammateus of Ptolemais Hormou
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 12.6 x 22.5 cm.
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 1-15
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- Practically complete; marred by a series of wormholes in the left and in the lower halves of the text. 4 vertical folds are still visible. (TC)
- Palaeographic Description
- Written in a large, clear cursive slanting to the right. (TC)
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- (late) IInd century A.D.
- Origin
- Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- purchased in England through Prof. C. Schmidt in September 1937
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- documentary
- Author
- Petaus, son of Petaus
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- letter
- Content
- Copy of P. Mich. inv. 6873 printed in P. Petaus as no. 86. The text contains presentation of candidates for three different liturgies: a. designator of embankment work; b. supervisor of the vessels; c. supervisor of the market-place.
- Persons
- Ammonios, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides meris;
- Petaus, son of Petaus;
- Ischyrion, son of Neseus, mother Diodora;
- Sokras, son of Ptollion;
- Panoupis, son of Heron;
- Ouaramis;
- Penneus;
- Penneus, son of Penneus;
- Pouaris, son of Ischyrion, mother Ischyriaina;
- Geographica
- Arsinoite nome;
- Herakleides meris;
- Ptolemais Hormou;
- Syron kome;
- Translation
- "To Apollonios, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides meris from Petaus, son of Petaus, village scribe of Ptolemais Hormou and other villages. Wealthy as designators of embankment work. For Ptolemais Hormou: Ischyrion, son of Neseus and Diodora; and for Syron: Sokras, son of Ptollion. And supervisor of the vessels: Panoupis, son of Heron and Ouaramis. And for Syron: Penneus and Penneus, son of Penneus. And supervisor of the marketplace: Pouaris, son of Ischyrion, mother Ischyriaina."
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2976
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PPetaus Hagedorn U - Hagedorn D - Youtie LC - Youtie HC 1969 86 Hagedorn U - Hagedorn D - Youtie LC - Youtie HC, PPetaus, 86, 1969 -- for deviations from text of P. Mich. inv. 6873, cf. app. crit. in ed. for deviations from text of P. Mich. inv. 6873, cf. app. crit. in ed.
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC
- Year Begin
- 150
- Year End
- 199
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 4103 x 5457
- File Size
- 3 MB
- Record
- 2976
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2976/6871r.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 6871; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2976/6871r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 09, 2025.