P.Mich.inv. 987 / Recto
Viewer
About this Item
Related Views
front | detail (1 items)
Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 987
- Processing Number
- 3248
- Section/Side
- B; Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Connections
- Duplicate of P.Mich.inv. 987A
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 11 x 14.5 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 16
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- broken off at the bottom; damaged along a vertical fold
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- ca. 166-169 A.D.
- Origin
- Bacchias, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Bacchias, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- June 1922; Acquired from Nahman through the British Museum
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Psenamounis, son of Psenamounis, priest
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Petition to an Epistrategos
- Content
- The priest Psenamounis, of Bacchias, complains to the epistrategos Lucceius Ofellianus that he has been improperly assigned by the ekboleus chomaton to work on the dike corvée, despite an exemption from such work which had been granted to him at least 11 years previously because of his poor eyesight
- Subject Headings
- Vision disorders--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.
- Irrigation--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.
- Corvée--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.
- Tax exemption--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.
- Priests--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.
- Dikes (Engineering)--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.
- Bacchias (Extinct city)
- Persons
- Lucceius Ofellianus, epistrategos;
- Psenamounis son of Psenamounis grandson of Psenamounis, hiereus;
- Antoninus (Pius), former Emperor;
- Sempronius Liberalis, former prefect;
- (unnamed) komogrammateus and ekboleus chomaton of Bacchias
- Geographica
- Bacchias
- Translation
- To his excellency Lucceius Ofellianus, epistrategos, from Psenamounis, son of Psenamounis and grandson of Psenamounis, from the village of Bacchias, priest.
- As long ago as the 18th year of the deified Aelius Antoninus I, together with some other men, was by reason of my weak vision granted exemption (from corvée labor) by order of Sempronius Liberalis, who then served as prefect; well now, the village secretary and ekboleus chomaton of Bacchias has just assigned me to work on the dikes of the [- - -]
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3248
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich XI Shelton JC 1971 618 (B) Shelton JC, PMich XI, 618 (B), 1971
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- Tomasz Derda, ARSINOITHS NOMOS. Administration of the Fayum under Roman Rule, Warsaw 2006, p. 201
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 166
- Year End
- 169
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3480 x 4554
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 3248
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3248/987br_a.tif
Rights and Permissions
The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact APIS Help. If you would like to request high-resolution images, please contact the Papyrology Collection. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact Library Information Technology.
No Copyright. This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
Related Links
IIIF
- Manifest
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:3248:987BR_A.TIF
Cite this Item
View the Help Guide for more information.
- Full citation
-
"P.Mich.inv. 987; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3248/987br_a.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.