P.Mich.inv. 831 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 831
- Processing Number
- 3138
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Connections
- -
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 10 x 15.5 cm.
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 1-20
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- Document is complete at all sides. Only damage is a hole in the lower half and the bottom right hand corner has a smooth round shape. (TC)
- Palaeographic Description
- Written in a strongly cursive hand. (TC)
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- 48 A.D.
- Origin
- Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- Received at the British Museum from Dr. David L. Askren, Fayoum, Egypt, in September 1922
- Genre
- documentary
- Author
- Stratippos, son of Titan
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- notification of death
- Content
- Stratippos, son of Titan, informs the village scribe of Theadelphia that his son, Nemesion, registered for the poll-tax in Philadelphia, died on the 5th of Choiak (December 1) in the 9th year of the emperor Claudius. The letter proceeds with the request that his son's name be removed from the list of individuals recorded in the village of Philadelphia as subject to the poll-tax.
- Subject Headings
- Rome--Politics and government.
- Taxation--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)
- Tax collection--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)
- Taxation--Lists--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)
- Poll tax--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)
- Death.
- Persons
- Maron;
- Stratippos, son of Titan;
- Nemesion;
- Tiberios Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator;
- Geographica
- Philadelphia;
- Translation
- "To Maron, village of secretary of Philadephia, from Stratippos, son of Titan, resident of Philadelphia. My son Nemesion, registered for the poll-tax in the village died on the 5th of Choiak of the present 9th year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator. Wherefore I submit this report to you so that you may inform those whom it concerns and so that his name may be removed (from the tax-lists) and registered on the list of the dead so that I may not be responsible, as indeed I am. Farewell."
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3138
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich Michael Michael EM 1965 10 SB XII 11112 Michael EM, PMich Michael, 10, 1965 -- SB XII 11112 PMich X Browne GM 1970 Pg. 8, n. 19 Browne GM, PMich X, Pg. 8, n. 19, 1970 -- BL VIII, 367 (bibliography) BL VIII, 367 (bibliography)
Information on Publications--Further Republications
- Further Republications
- Rep_editor Casarico L; Rep_Ser C.P.Gr. II/1; Rep_Year 1985; Rep_No. 6 and tav. VI
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- G.H.R. Horsley, News Docs. 1977, p. 16; Tomasz Derda, ARSINOITHS NOMOS. Administration of the Fayum under Roman Rule, Warsaw 2006, p. 216
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC
- Year Begin
- 48
- Year End
- 48
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3581 x 4677
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 3138
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3138/831r.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 831; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3138/831r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.