Fragment of a letter from Maimachus to ZenonMaimachusAPISmichigan.apis.2938(MiU)2938sb.22.155570239;22;15557sb;22;155574300643006P.Mich.inv. 6795Beginning of a letter, in which Maimachus prays for the good health of Zenon.Location: Ann ArborPub. status: Recto + VersoZenon-archive.Greek1 papyrus ; 7.1 x 8.6 cm.This light brown papyrus is regularly cut off at the right and the left sides. The papyrus is rather badly damaged to the left, where loss of papyrus in the top and bottom corners has resulted in the lossof some of the text. Another abrasion is located in the lower right half of the papyrus.1-7Source of description: A; Recto + Verso
The hand is regular and clearly well-trained and typical of the Ptolemaic period. There are free margins at the top (1.2 cm.) and to the left (0.9 cm.).
January 8, 248 B.C.Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMaimachus, nomarch in the Arsinoite nomeZenon, oikonomos of the dioiketes Apollonios
Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt (?)
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreek-Greek letters--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)Documentary; letterPapyrus
"Maimachos to Zenon, greetings. If you are well, and other things are satisfactory, you do well and I give thanks to the gods. I am myself also well... [Remaining part of the preserved text is too fragmentary for translation].";(Verso): "Year 37, Hathyr 17. Maimachos."