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Title Complaint
Publications P.Mich. 18 774
More in series P.Mich.More in series P.Mich., vol. 18
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Origin Oxyrhyncha (Arsinoites)
More from Oxyrhyncha (Arsinoites)
Material Papyrus
Date ca. 194 - 193 v.Chr.
More from the period between 194 BCE and 193 BCE
Print Illustrations Plate XI
Subjects Eingabe; Steuern; Silber; Rückgabe widerrechtlich beschlagnahmter Güter
Images http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3041...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 8768 [source]

Publications P. Mich. 18 774 (Pratt, Louise; 1996)
Inv. no. Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 6952
Date BC 194 Oct 11 - 193 Oct 9 about (P05)
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, 00c - Oxyryncha[written]; Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum)[found]
Archive Menches goldsmith
People mentioned people
Places mentioned places

Catalog Record: michigan.apis.3041 [xml]

Title Complaint
Author Menches
Summary Complaint (hypomnema), addressed by the goldsmith Menches to the epimeletes Protarchos, because, after being whipped and searched by Ptolemaios and Menelaos, has been deprived by them of a lump of silver, which they were ordered to give back to him, but didn't, so that Menches has now problems with the person who had given the silver to him to work on
Citations Pratt L, PMich XVIII, 774, 1996, Pl. XI
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 6952
Support/Dimensions 2 papyri ; 11.4 x 31 cm
Condition Damaged along two vertical folds and along the right edge
Lines 37
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto
Origin Oxyrhyncha, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
More from Oxyrhyncha, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
Language Greek
Date ca. 194/193 B.C.
More from the period between 194 BCE and 193 BCE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Recto; Verso is blank
Note (related) P.Mich. XVIII, 771-773
Subjects Oxyrhyncha, Polemonos meris; Krokodeilon polis (Arsinoiton polis); Tax collection--Corrupt practices--Egypt--ArsinoȽ (Fayyïum : Extinct city); Taxes, Farming of--Egypt--Oxyrhynchite Nome.; Goldsmiths--Violence against--Egypt--ArsinoȽ (Fayyïum : Extinct city); Silver--Egypt--ArsinoȽ (Fayyïum : Extinct city); Necklaces--Egypt--ArsinoȽ (Fayyïum : Extinct city); Police corruption--Egypt--ArsinoȽ (Fayyïum : Extinct city); Justice, Administration of--Egypt--ArsinoȽ (Fayyïum : Extinct city); Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names Protarchos, epimeletes (see also P.Mich. XVIII, 776); see also P.Mich. XVIII, p. 93 and 119); (Ptolemy V Epiphanes), basileus; Menelaos ho kata polin (see also P.Mich. XVIII, 773); Asklepiades, ho para (Protarchou)
Images Recto thumbnail
Images Recto medium
Images Recto large
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

DDbDP transcription: p.mich.18.774 [xml]

ca. 194/3 BC Oxyrhyncha

1
Πρωτάρχωι ἐπιμελητῆι
παρὰ Μεγχέους χρυσοχόου
τῶν ἐξ̣ Ὀ̣ξ̣υ̣ρ̣ύ̣γχων
τῆς Πολέμω̣νος μερίδος.
5Πτολεμαίου τ[ο]ῦ τελω-
νοῦντος τὴν χρυσοχοϊκην(*)
τοῦ νομοῦ εὑρόντες(*) με.
ἐγ(*) Κροκοδ̣ε̣ίλων πόλει καὶ
συκοφαντ̣ή̣[σα]ν̣τος οὐθέν μου
10προσοφείλοντος τῶι βασιλεῖ
καὶ προσλαβομένου συνερ-
γὸν Μενέλαον τὸν κατὰ
πόλιν καὶ ἀπαγαγόντω̣ν̣ μ̣ε
καὶ τὰς χεῖρας ἐπενεγ-
15κάντων(*) ὅ̣ν τε εἶχον ἐγδό-
σιμον(*) βῶλ̣ο̣ν ἀ̣ρ̣γ̣υ̣ροῦν καὶ
\κάθεμα/ οὗ ὁλκὴ (δραχμῶν) ρη ἀφελομέ-
νων μου [οὗ] παρατεθ̣ή̣σ̣[εται]
τὰ δίκαια, κατέστη̣ν̣ π̣[ρὸ]ς
20αὐτοὺς ἐπʼ Ἀσκληπιά[δην]
τὸν παρὰ σ̣[ο]ῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τούτ[ου]
ὡμολογηκότων αὐτῶν καὶ
εἰπάντων(*) ἀποδώσειν μοι
οὐ̣δʼ ἕως τοῦ νῦν ἀποδιδόασι.
25ἐγὼ δὲ περισπώμενος ὑπὸ
τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ ἀργυρίου οὐ δύ-
ναμαι ἐγδημῆσαι(*) ἀλλὰ
καταφθείρομαι ἀργῶν. ὅπως οὖν
δύνωμαι τ̣ὰ εἰς τὸ̣ βασιλικὸν
30τέλη ἀναπληροῦν, ἀξιῶ σε
δεόμενος μεταπεμψάμενον
αὐτοὺς ἐπηναγκάσαι(*) ἀπο-
δοῦναί μοι τὸ ἀργύριον. τούτου
γὰρ γενομένου ὢν ὑποτελὴς
35οὐκ ἀδικηθήσομαι ἀλλὰ τεύ-
ξομαι βοηθείας.
εὐτύχει.

Apparatus


^ 1.6. l. χρυσοχοικὴν
^ 1.7. l. εὑρόντος
^ 1.8. l. ἐν
^ 1.14-15. l. ἐπενεγ |κόντων
^ 1.15-16. l. ἐκδό |σιμον
^ 1.23. l. εἰπόντων
^ 1.27. l. ἐκδημῆσαι
^ 1.32. l. ἐπαναγκάσαι

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APIS Translation (English)

To Protarchos, the epimeletes, from Menches, the goldsmith of the Oxyrhynchites in the division of Polemon. After Ptolemaios, tax farmer of the goldsmiths' tax for the nome, found me in Krokodilopolis and made accusations against me (although I owed nothing to the king) and took with him as a helper Menelaos, a police officer, and they led me off and treated me violently and took away from me the silver lump that I had under contract and the necklace, for which things the weight is 108 drachmai, for which the documents will be attached, I appeared against them before Asklepiades, your agent, and they agreed and said they would return the things, but as of this hour they have not given them back. And since I am being harassed by the owner of the silver I am not able to leave town but am being destroyed since I am idle. Therefore, in order that I be able to pay the taxes owed to the royal bank in full, I ask and beseech you to send for them and to force them to give back the silver to me. For, when this is accomplished, I, who participate in the tax farming operations of the state, will not be done injustice, but will have received help. Farewell.