P.Mich.inv. 6961 / Verso
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 6961
- Processing Number
- 3050
- Section/Side
- Recto + Verso
- Image Side
- Verso
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; traces of a different hand on the Verso
- Connections
- P. Mich. inv. 6957 and P. Mich. inv. 6979
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 11.4 x 19.8 cm.
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 1-21
- Mounted
- no
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- This light brown papyrus has a kollesis at the very left edge, along which it appears to have been cut. One section of the text lost at the left centre and another at bottom right.
- Palaeographic Description
- Thehand suits the second half of the 3rd century B.C. The upper margin is 2.0 cm., the left 1.0 cm., the right ranges 0 to 0.8 cm. The bottom of the document is broken off. The papyrus is a palimpsest; traces of letters are visible in the left margin of ll. 1, 3-9, and on the right edge of lines 3, 4, 6, and 7. There are traces of a different hand on the back, most of which have been washed out.
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- July 14, 217 B.C.
- Origin
- Krokodilopolis (?), Arsinoite nome, Egypt
- Provenance
- Krokodilopolis (?), Arsinoite nome, Egypt
- Acquisition
- from cartonnage; bought in 1982/1983 from M. Fackelmann
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Peteuris
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Complaint
- Content
- Formal complaint filed by Peteuris against a certain Tettaphos who allegedly attacked him.
- Persons
- Poseidonios, oikonomos,
- Peteuris, a fuller,
- Tettaphos, epistates,
- Thasos, isionomos,
- Meniskos,
- Xennias
- Geographica
- Lysimachis,
- Trikomia
- Translation
- "To Poseidonios, the oikonomos, from Peteuris, a fuller of Lysimachis and Trikomia. I was wronged by Tettaphos, acting as a epistates of Lysimachis. Whereas, in the 6th year, on the 1st of Pauni, having proceeded to my cleaning shop, he asked me for a himation that Thasos, isionomos of the residents of Lysimachis, had given me to clean. When I asked him for the stipulated payment, he made no reply, but he attacked me with Meniskos and Xennias, whom he brought with him, and [inflicted] numerous blows upon me and scattered [- - -] and [- - -]. "
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3050
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections ZPE 76 Caulfield T-Estner A-StephensS 1989 245-8 Pl XIII SB XX 14999 Caulfield T-Estner A-StephensS, ZPE 76, 245-8, 1989, Pl XIII -- SB XX 14999 -- BL XI, 234; BL XI, 234;
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC
- Year Begin
- -217
- Year End
- -217
Technical Details
- Record
- 3050
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3050/6961v.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 6961; Verso". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3050/6961v.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 09, 2023.