P.Mich.inv. 6955 / Verso
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 6955
- Processing Number
- 3045
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Verso
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso: unpublished Demotic text (account of sesame crop)
- Connections
- See P.Mich. XVIII, p. 89-97, on the group of papyri coming from mummy cartonnage and bought in 1982 by the University of Michigan
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 10.6 x 33.2 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- Recto - 16;
- Verso - 16
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- Upper right corner broken off; damaged along the folds
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- December 16, 200 B.C.[?]
- Origin
- Unknown place of which depended Trikomia, Themistou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
- Provenance
- Unknown necropolis (cemeteries at Abusir al-Malaq or al-Lahun?)
- Acquisition
- Mummy cartonnage bought in 1982
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Lysias
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Official Order
- Content
- Order from Lysias, an official of unspecified rank (nomarch?), to Horos, most likely a crop guard (genematophylax), bidding him guard the sesame crop on a cleruch's property
- Persons
- Lysias (see also P.Mich. XVIII, 770?);
- Horos (genematophylax?);
- Stasikrates, hekatontarouros
- Geographica
- Trikomia
- Translation
- Lysias to Horos, greetings. As soon as you get this letter, postpone everything and attend the shaking of the sown fall sesame on the personal allotment of Stasikrates, the holder of one hundred arourai, which he possesses near Trikomia, and see to it that you guard it energically, as you will be held accountable to us regarding these matters. Farewell. Year 6, Hathyr 6.
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich XVIII Mackay CS 1996 769 Pl. VII Mackay CS, PMich XVIII, 769, 1996, Pl. VII
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- s
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- -200
- Year End
- -200
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2230 x 3024
- File Size
- 897 KB
- Record
- 3045
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3045/6955v_a.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 6955; Verso". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3045/6955v_a.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 09, 2023.