Petition from Horos : to MenchesHoros, Son of PetechonAPISberkeley.apis.365(CU)365p.tebt.1.510206;1;51p.tebt;1;5136873687P.Tebt.0051The petition concerns a nursing contract (lines 7-8) and relates misbehavior from the woman.Margins: top, 2 cm.; left, 1.3 cm. In top margin, in red ink, upside down "51".Menches archiveA similar petition is P.Oxy.II.282.2473Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., BerkeleyGreek2 papyri ; Frag. 1: 8.2 x 8.3 cm.; Frag. 2: 2 x 1.5 cm.14 lines, on recto along the fibers.Verso empty.
Regular cursive.
Between 120-110 B.C.Menches
crocodile cartonnage at Tebtunis 12.7
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreekNursingKerkeosirisPetitions, Ptolemaic periodUC 2473 Recto.UC 2473 Verso.
To Menches, komogrammateus of Kerkeosiris, from Horos, son of Petechon, king's farmer of the area of the same (village). Inasmuch as I am living with ]thonis, daughter of T[�]os, from the area of the same village in accordance with an Egyptian boarding contract, and as I am providing the same all the necessities according to the ability of my resources�