Memorandum [between 256 and 248 BC, not dated]Phamounis, 1 in Pap.Lugd.Bat. XXI, p. 431APIScolumbia.apis.p44(NNC)aaa1356p.col.3.440094;3;44p.col;3;4417611761Col.inv. 206Memorandum by the boat captain Phamounis to Zenon: Sosos, who was supposed to take over the boat, had not come and Phamounis had to sell some materials; Phamounis requests Zenon to send someone and needs an advanceWritten along the fibers with 20 lines; in the back the docket across the fibersClear and elegant small scribal handProbably dictated by the captain, with short sentences and little sequence of ideasIn Greek1papyrus ; 11.3 x 19.8 cm256 BCE – 248 BCE
Purchased by Columbia University from M. Nahman and New York dealer J. Brummer, through H.I. Bell, November 1925; no. 3 (original no. 23) in Bell's inventory
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishIn GreekSosos, -- commercial agent, 1 in Pap.Lugd.Bat. XXI, p. 423Papyri
Memorandum to Zenon from Phamounis, boat captain.You ordered Sosos to go down to the river and take over the boat from me. It is already the third day, however, that he has not come; and already I have had to sell my chiton in order that the workmen may have what is needed. You know that Proitos has gone away with all that I had. I beg you, therefore, if it seems advisable to you, to send someone who will take over the boat. There are six of us in the boat. And it is necessary that I take them back again to the place from which I brought them. If you can assist me with some money, I will restore it to you as seems best to you, in order that I may not have to sell my garments and that I may be released as soon as possible.
Good-bye.
[Verso:] Phamounis.
P.Col. III 44 P.Col.Zen. I 44 Corrections to lines 7-10 and 17, Pap.Lugd.Bat. XXI, p. 125P.Col.:3:44