Petition to a Strategos Psenamounis son of Pakysis APIS michigan.apis.2463 (MiU)2463 p.mich.9.527 0163;9;527 p.mich;9;527 12023 12023 P.Mich.inv. 5437 Petition to Apollonios alias Ptolemaios, strategos of the Herakleidou meris, by a certain Psenamounis, who reports the loss of a mare Recto; Written across the fibers; scribe rotated papyrus 90 degrees to accommodate the format of the text. Location: Ann Arbor Pub. status: Recto; Verso is Blank Greek 1 papyrus ; 22.7 X 7.5 cm badly broken; ink much eroded 27 Source of description: Recto

see electronic version of PMich IX, 527

 March 26, 187 or 188 or 189 A.D. Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt Apollonios alias Ptolemaios, strategos of the Herakleidou meris Psenamounis son of Pakysis, ampelourgos Commodus, Emperor

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

 APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent. English Greek Herakleidou meris of the Arsinoite nome; Karanis Horses--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city) Justice, Administration of--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city) Agricultural laborers--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city) Theft--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city) Documentary Papyrus
To Apollonios also called Ptolemaios, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division, from Psenamounis, son of Pakysis, of the village of Karanis. On the night preceding the 22nd of the present month Phamenoth my mare, wheat-colored, disappeared while being led to water, which I immediately reported to the officials of the village. Since up to the present she has not yet appeared, I present this petition and ask that it be entered on the register, so that if she is found, I may retain the right to plead.;(2nd hand) I, Psenamounis, son of Pakysis, vineyard worker, have given.;(1st hand) In the . . . year of Aurelius Commodus [Antoninus] Caesar [our lord], on Phamenoth 30.
Husselman EM, PMich IX, 527, 1971 -- BL VII, 112 (on lines 4,23,25-27 and date); BL VIII, 215 (on line 25) P.Mich.:9:527

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