Petition to the Prefect

Petition to the Prefect [- - -] alias Kopres, son of Ptolemaios APIS michigan.apis.2823 (MiU)2823 sb.22.15776 0239;22;15776 sb;22;15776 41700 41700 P.Mich.inv. 6354

Petition addressed by [- - -] alias Kopres, son of Ptolemaios, to the prefect [Aurelius Appius] Sabinus, probably about a litigation concerning cultivation of land and payment of rents

Location: Cairo Pub. status: Recto; Verso is blank Greek 2 papyri ; ca. 17 x 15 cm broken off on the left and right sides, and perhaps at the bottom 1-9 Source of description: A; Recto ca. 249/250 A.D. Unknown place (Karanis?), province of Egypt [Aurelius Appius] Sabinus, prefect of Egypt

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent. English Greek metropolis (Arsinoiton polis?); Psenyris Agriculture Justice Rent(?) Documentary Papyrus

(Text too fragmentary to be translated).

Sijpesteijn PJ, ZPE 106, 209-210, 1995, Pl. VIIa -- SB XXII, 15776 -- A new fragment, kept under the same inv. nr., can be added to the right of the one published, giving the name of the village of Psenyris and a few more words. (PH) SB.:22:15776

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