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Theon informs the guards and cultivators of Oxyrhyncha about the misconduct of Petous, komarches of the same village.
Translation: Theon to the guards and cultivators at Oxyrhyncha, greeting. I learn from several persons that Petous … komarches of the village, is defaulting and misconducting himself, and that he is greatly in arrears with the amount agreed on with him and due for his appointment, … [artabas] of grain, and has deferred it up to the 20th of …, being in debt for more than half. Hasten therefore … (Addressed on the verso) To the harvest-guards and cultivators at Oxyrhyncha.

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Title
P.Tebt., III.711. Official letter from Theon
Creator
Theon (Resident of Egypt), Author
Published
ca. 125 B.C. (Date1: -125)
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Full Collection Name
Advanced Papyrological Information System
Other Identifiers
Inventory Number: P.Tebt.0711
UC Inventory Number: 1210
APIS ID: 241
Subject (Person)
Petous (Komarches of Oxyrhyncha)
Subject (Topic)
Government employees
Type
Image
Format
Business letters, Ptolemaic period
Extent
1 item
Dimensions
30.1 x 16.2 cm.
Physical Medium
Papyrus
Language
Greek
Archive
The Bancroft Library Center for the Tebtunis Papyri
Note
Publications: P.Tebt., III.711
Acquisition: Tebtunis
Lines: 20 lines, on recto along the fibers.
Paleographic Description: Regular semi-uncial cursive
Physical Properties: Margins: top, 5.7 cm.; left, 4.3 cm.; bottom, 3.5 cm.
Primary Pub: P.Tebt.:3.1:711
Publication/Side: Recto and verso published
Section/Side: On verso, along the fibers, address
Publication Status: published
Negative in Bancroft: No
Negative in IPA: No
Hold Inst Code: CU
Coverage
Oxyrhyncha
Provenance
mummy cartonnage at Tebtunis 60
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