P.Mich.inv. 6888 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 6888
- Processing Number
- 3381
- Section/Side
- Recto, text d
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is P.Petaus 42
- Connections
- Archive of Petaus, son of Petaus, komogrammateus of Ptolemais Hormou
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 14 x 7.4 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- Text c - 6 lines
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- Papyrus broken off on the left, right, and bottom
- Palaeographic Description
- In the irregular, uneasy, and uncertain hand of Petaus (see P.Petaus, p. 36; 361-362: bradeos graphon, slow-writer); written across the fibres
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- ca. 184-185 A.D.
- Origin
- Ptolemais Hormou, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Probably either Karanis or Ptolemais Hormou, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- purchased in England through Prof. C. Schmidt in September 1937
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Petaus, son of Petaus, komogrammateus of Ptolemais Hormou
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Writing Exercise
- Content
- The nearly illiterate village secretary Petaus practices his writing by copying his signature (as in P.Petaus 121)
- Subject Headings
- Literacy--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Penmanship, Greek--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Persons
- Petaus (son of Petaus, komogrammateus)
- Translation
- I, Petaus, have submitted (this).
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3381
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PPetaus Hagedorn U - Hagedorn D - Youtie LC - Youtie HC 1969 122, Text d Hagedorn U - Hagedorn D - Youtie LC - Youtie HC, PPetaus, 122, Text d, 1969
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 184
- Year End
- 185
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 4746 x 4156
- File Size
- 3 MB
- Record
- 3381
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3381/6888r.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 6888; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3381/6888r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.