Image / Petition from Apollophanes

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: Petition from Apollophanes
To Menches
Creator: Apollophanes, of Kerkeosiris
Menches, komogrammateus of Kerkeosiris
Menches, Komogrammateus of Kerkeosiris
Contributing Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection: Tebtunis Papyri
Rights Information: FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited: Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the Rare Books Curator, The Bancroft Library.
Description: 1 column, 26 lines written on recto along the fibers.
Regular cursive.
Margins: top, 3.3 cm.; left, 2.2 cm.
Upper half extremely dark.
Verso empty.
Apollophanes complains to Menches, Village Scribe of Kerkeosiris, that his plot of crown land had been flooded by his neighbor. This happened on the 20th of the Egyptian month Phaophi, the 5th year of Ptolemy IX Soter II (Nov. 8, 113 B.C.}
Forms part of: Menches archive.
In Greek.
Type: image
Format: Documentary papyri
Petitions
Extent: 1 item papyrus, 1 fragment, incomplete 24.6 x 12.2 cm.
Identifier: (t_papyri)00060
Language: Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Subject: Crown lands--Egypt--Kerkeosiris
Flood damage--Egypt--Kerkeosiris
Documentary papyri
Petitions

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.