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Title Petition to an Epistates and Archiphylakites
Publications P.Mich. 15 688
More in series P.Mich.More in series P.Mich., vol. 15
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries VIII 219
Origin Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)
More from Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)
Material Papyrus
Date II - I v.Chr.
More from the period between 200 BCE and 1 BCE
Print Illustrations Plate III
Subjects Brief (amtlich); Eingabe; Petesios an den Epistates und Archiphylakites Demetrios; Peterios fordert Schadenersatz für die Verletzungen; die eine umgestürzte Wand seiner Frau zugefügt hat und für den Verlust von Hausrat
Images http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2637...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 47503 [source]

Publications P. Mich. 15 688 (Sijpesteijn, Pieter Johannes; 1982)
Inv. no. Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 6095
Date BC 199 - 1
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, 00a - Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh)[find place, place of writing & destination]
People mentioned people
Places mentioned places

Catalog Record: michigan.apis.2637 [xml]

Title Petition to the Village Epistates
Author Petesis son of Papaios
Summary Petition to Demetrios, epistates and archiphylakites of Soknopaiou Nesos, by Petesis son of Papaios, who complains that the fall of a wall of Psenatymis has hurted his pregnant wife and destroyed some furniture belonging to her.
Citations Sijpesteijn PJ, PMich XV, 688, 1982, Pl. III -- BL VIII, 219 (line 8)
P.Mich.:15:688
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 6095
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 32 x 11.2 cm
Condition many holes
Lines 16
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto
Hands The writer's Greek is poor and the hand is crude (Sijpesteijn)
Origin Soknopaiou Nesos, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
More from Soknopaiou Nesos, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Language Greek
Date IInd century/Ist century B.C.
More from the period between 199 BCE and 1 BCE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Recto; Verso is blank
Subjects Soknopaiou Nesos; Clothing; House (Ownership); Justice; Police; Profession; Violence; Woman; Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names Demetrios, epistates and archiphylakites of Soknopaiou Nesos; Petesis, son of Papaios; (unnamed) wife and daughter of Petesis; Psenatymis, kerdos (gerdios)
Images Recto thumbnail
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DDbDP transcription: p.mich.15.688 [xml]

II/I sac Soknopaiou Nesos

Δημητ̣ρίῳ ἐπιστά̣τ̣ῃ καὶ ἀρχιφυ̣λακίτῃ Σο-
κνοπα̣ί̣ου Νήσου
παρὰ Πετῆσι(*) Παπαίου τῶν ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς
κώ̣μ̣ης. τῇ κθ το̣ῦ Φαῶφι τοῦ̣   ̣  ̣ (ἔτους) τῆς
5γυ̣ν̣αικ̣ό̣ς μο[υ] καθευτουσα(*) σὺν τῇ θυκα-
τρὶ(*) [ἐπ]άνω ἐπ̣[ὶ] τῷ [ο]ἴκῳ αὐτ̣ῆς ἔ̣πεσον(*)
ὁ̣ τῖχος̣(*) Ψενατῦμις(*) κερδος(*) ἐπάνω αὐτῶ̣ν̣
καὶ [  ̣  ̣]  ̣κήσατο κ  ̣ιιτ̣ης δ̣ὲ̣ γυναικός
μ[ου ἐν γα]στρεὶ(*) ἐχουσα(*) κα[ὶ] κ̣ι̣ν̣δ̣υ̣νεύ̣ει
10τῷ̣ ζ̣[ῆ]ν καὶ διὰ ταύτην τὴν αἰτίαν
συ̣ν̣έ̣β̣η ἀπολέσθαι(*) ἱμάτιον ἄξιον χα(λκοῦ) (ταλάντου) α̣ [καὶ]
χιτ̣ῶ̣να γυ(ναικεῖον) ἄξιον (δραχμῶν) Δ καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ σκεύ-
η τὰ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ. διὸ ἐπιδίδωμί σοι [τὸ]
ὑπό[μν]η(μα) ὅπ̣ω̣ς̣ [  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]ης αὐτοῦ   ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
15νομενος μέχρι τῶν δικαίων τυχ̣ε̣ῖ̣ν̣.
——
εὐτύχει.

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^ 3. l. Π̣ε̣τ̣ήσι<ος>
^ 5. l. καθευδούσης
^ 5-6. l. θυγα |τρὶ
^ 6. l. ἔπεσεν
^ 7. l. τεῖχος
^ 7. l. Ψενατύμιος
^ 7. l. γερδίου
^ 9. l. [γα]στρὶ
^ 9. l. ἐχούσης
^ 11. corr. ex απολεσααι

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APIS Translation (English)

To Demetrios, epistates and archiphylakites of Soknopaiou Nesos, from Petesis, son of Papaios, of the people from the same village. On the 29th of Phaophi of the . (.) year my wife and my daughter were asleep on the roof of her house when the wall of Psenatymis, weaver, fell upon them and - - - my wife who is pregnant is in danger of her life and as a result of this it happened that a robe worth 1 bronze talent and a woman's sleeved tunic worth 4,000 drachmai and the other furniture in the house were destroyed. I therefore present this petition to you in order that you may - - - until I obtain redress. Farewell.