Business LetterAmmoniosAPISmichigan.apis.1838(MiU)1838p.mich.1.110163;1;11p.mich;1;1123822382P.Mich.inv. 3149Letter sent to Zenon by Ammonios, royal banker of Athribis, who writes that he has been able to give only half of the loan Zenon had requestedThe 2,000 drachmai were needed for a large purchase of asses: see P.Lond. VII, 1943-1944.Location: Ann ArborPub. status: Recto + Verso+ P.Lond. VII, 1938; Zenon archiveGreek1 papyrus ; 8.3 x 13.8 cm (P.Mich. inv. 3149 only) (P.Lond. inv. 2690B + 2694: 25 x 14.3 cm)broken off in 3 fragments, with a fourth missing in the middleRecto - 6;;Verso - 3Source of description: Recto + VersoApril 2, 257 B.C.Athribis, Athribite nome, EgyptAmmonios (see Pap.Lugd.Bat. XXI, p. 283)Zenon (son of Agreophon) (see Pros.Ptol. I 80 + add.)Theodoros (hyperetes of Zenon) (see Pros.Ptol. VIII, 125a + 126aPap.Lugd.Bat. XXI, p. 340)Iatrokles (see Pap.Lugd.Bat. XXI, p. 346)
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreekLeonton polis (Leontopolis [Tell Moqdam])Commercial correspondence--Egypt.Drachma.Operational rations (Military supplies)Moneylenders--Egypt.Receipts (Acknowledgments)--Egypt.Leontopolis (Qalyïubïiyah : Extinct city)Messengers--Egypt.DocumentaryPapyrus
(Recto);;Ammonios to Zenon greeting. Towards [the order(?) for 2,000 drachmai] of silver to be given to you, we have given your messenger Theodoros 1,000 drachmai of silver and copper. Both Iatrokles and Theodoros will explain to you that we [aimed(?)] to have sent you the whole of the money [as soon as possible], but because the soldiers arrived needing money for rations we were unable to do so, wherefore please excuse us. Farewell. Year 29, Mecheir 9.;;(Verso);;[To Zenon.];(Received) year 28, Dystros 4, at Leontopolis. Ammonios about the silver and copper given to Theodoros.
Edgar CC, PMich I, 11, 1931 Skeat TC, P.Lond.VII, 1938, 1974P.Mich.:1:11