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 [- - -]. "

Information on Publications

Publications
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
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.