P.Mich.Inv. 6981 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.Inv. 6981
Processing Number
3366
Section/Side
Col. I
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto
Connections
-
Material
Pap
Size
36 cm x 25.5 cm
Items
1
Lines
1-16
Mounted
Yes
Negative
Yes
Conservation Status
The front of this medium-brown papyrus contains four columns of writing. Distance between columns varies between 1.5 cm. to 2 cm. Although generally badly damaged with large abrasions, the worst damage has been sustained in the right side of the papyrus. Two examples of kollesis are visible with an interval of approximately 6.5 cm. At the left, a margin of approximately 3.5 cm. has been left free.
Palaeographic Description
Semi-cursive hand.
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
IIIrd - Ist century B.C.
Origin
Arsinoite nome
Provenance
Arsinoite nome (?)
Acquisition
purchased from mr. Fackelmann in 1983
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Unknown
Type of Text/Title of Work
Royal decree
Content
Royal decree on corn transportation
Persons
-
Geographica
Arsinoite Nome
Translation
"The King has ordered: those in the Arsinoite who have donkeys or mules or riding (?) horses or camels should register with the oikonomos and the royal scribe and the stewards appointed by the strategos in each village within five days after the day the decree is posted and should present them (or to be present?) for bringing down the taxes from the threshing-floors and from the royal granaries to the harbors for 180 days and to bring down, on the one hand, from the most distant places up to 120 stades on each donkey 480 artabai of wheat, on each mule 720, on each horse 720, on each camel 960 [papyus breaks off]".

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
I. Andorlini et al., Atti del XXII Congresso Internazionale di Papirologia. Florence, 2001. T. Gagos & L. Koenen 2001 533-536 - T. Gagos & L. Koenen, I. Andorlini et al., Atti del XXII Congresso Internazionale di Papirologia. Florence, 2001., 533-536, 2001, -

Cataloging

Cataloger
TC
Year Begin
-299
Year End
-1

Technical Details

Image Size
8830 x 6726
File Size
3 MB
Record
3366
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3366/6981r.tif

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"P.Mich.Inv. 6981; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3366/6981r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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