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Title Petition to an Epistrategos
Author Psenamounis, son of Psenamounis, priest
Summary The priest Psenamounis, of Bacchias, complains to the epistrategos Lucceius Ofellianus that he has been improperly assigned by the ekboleus chomaton to work on the dike corvȨe, despite an exemption from such work which had been granted to him at least 11 years previously because of his poor eyesight
Citations Shelton JC, PMich XI, 618 (B), 1971
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 987
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 11 x 14.5 cm
Condition broken off at the bottom; damaged along a vertical fold
Lines 16
Recto/Verso Source of description: B; Recto
Origin Bacchias, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
More from Bacchias, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Language Greek
Date ca. 166-169 A.D.
More from the period between 166 CE and 169 CE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Recto; Verso is blank
Note (related) Duplicate of P.Mich. inv. 987A
Subjects Bacchias; Vision disorders--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.; Irrigation--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.; CorvȨe--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.; Tax exemption--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.; Priests--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.; Dikes (Engineering)--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.; Bacchias (Extinct city); Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names Lucceius Ofellianus, epistrategos; Psenamounis son of Psenamounis grandson of Psenamounis, hiereus; Antoninus (Pius), former Emperor; Sempronius Liberalis, former prefect; (unnamed) komogrammateus and ekboleus chomaton of Bacchias
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APIS Translation (English)

To his excellency Lucceius Ofellianus, epistrategos, from Psenamounis, son of Psenamounis and grandson of Psenamounis, from the village of Bacchias, priest.;As long ago as the 18th year of the deified Aelius Antoninus I, together with some other men, was by reason of my weak vision granted exemption (from corvȨe labor) by order of Sempronius Liberalis, who then served as prefect; well now, the village secretary and ekboleus chomaton of Bacchias has just assigned me to work on the dikes of the [- - -]