| Title | business letter |
|---|---|
| Author | Petros |
| Summary | A letter from a inferor by the name of Petros to a superior whose name is now lost. The letter concerns business matters, primarily relating to the construction of dikes. |
| Citations | Wolf P, Archiv 35, 41-2, 1989, Pl 10 |
| Inv. Id | P.Mich.inv. 3532 |
| Support/Dimensions | 1 papyrus ; 17.5 x 9 cm. |
| Condition | Text is complete except for some minor lacunas. |
| Lines | 1-10 |
| Recto/Verso | Source of description: Recto |
| Hands | Margins to the left and to the right are identical. |
| Origin | unknown (Middle Egypt) |
| Language | Coptic |
| Date | VIth century A.D. |
| Note (general) | Location: Ann Arbor |
| Note (general) | Pub. status: Recto; Verso contains one illegible line |
| Note (related) | -- |
| Subjects | -; Dikes--Egypt--Design and construction.; Papyrus; documentary |
| Associated Names | Petros; P...s; ...kores |
| Images | Recto thumbnail |
| Images | Recto medium |
| Images | Recto large |
| License |  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
"Your subordinate Petros allows himself the freedom to write to his master P...s. First of all, I greet my lord with devotion. I ask of you to talk to .......kores, so that he will hand out to us his men, because you are aware that he will yet again make100 dike lengths for which we are responsible.You know all the other losses that we have suffered (because of that?). The trimesion for clay: they have made bricks out of them (?), as you wished . . . "
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