P.Mich.inv. 959 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 959
- Processing Number
- 3189
- Section/Side
- Recto + Verso
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto + Verso
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 21.5 x 8.5 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- Recto - 26;
- Verso - 1
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- Broken off at the bottom, damaged at the top
- Palaeographic Description
- An upright, semi-uncial hand, characteristic of the late second or early third century A.D. (compare the 1st hand of P.Graec.Berol. 34a). (Browne)
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- (Late) IInd century or early IIIrd century A.D.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Provenance
- Probably Bacchias, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- June 1922; Acquired from Nahman through the British Museum
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Zosimos
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Private Letter
- Content
- Private letter sent to Antoninus by Zosimos, who is about to sail downstream to Alexandria and instructs him to purchase and deliver dates
- Persons
- Paniskos;
- (unnamed) cheiristes;
- Antoninus;
- Zosimos
- Geographica
- Alexandreia (Alexandria); Syrios; Bacchias
- Translation
- (Recto)
- Greetings, . . .
- As I am going to sail downstream to Alexandria in 15 days, you will send to me, after purchasing them, either through Paniskos or together with the olives, two artabai of "patetos" dates and one artaba of 'good' Syrian dates for as much as 12 dr., for the remaining slaves. And you will give the dates to someone who will transport them with utmost security, in order that they will not be mishandled. As for the jars of olives, I think you should securely seal them again. And you will write to me [[if]] 'whether' you wish the price for 'what' you are sending to be given to the manager, in order that it may be credited to your account, or you want it to be sent to you through Paniskos. Write concerning what you wish to be brought to you from Alexandria. [- - -]
- (Verso)
- To Antoninus in Bacchias, from Zosimos.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3189
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich XII Browne GM 1975 657 Browne GM, PMich XII, 657, 1975 -- L. 1: read Cha[i]roi[s] . . [. . .] ., instead of . . ro . [.]m . [. . .] . . . .; - l. 2: read [E]pei, instead of . . ei; - The unpublished Verso bears the address: Antoneino is Bacchiad(a) X apo Zosimou. (PH) L. 1: read Cha[i]roi[s] . . [. . .] ., instead of . . ro . [.]m . [. . .] . . . .; - l. 2: read [E]pei, instead of . . ei; - The unpublished Verso bears the address: Antoneino is Bacchiad(a) X apo Zosimou. (PH)
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- s
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 100
- Year End
- 224
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2320 x 3018
- File Size
- 932 KB
- Record
- 3189
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3189/959r_a.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 959; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3189/959r_a.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.