Official Notice of Non-PaymentPeteminis (alias Ptolemaios)APISmichigan.apis.3051(MiU)305187748774p.mich;18;780AP.Mich.inv. 6963Official notice of the non-payment of most of the money owed for the concession of the beer sales in Mouchis; the verso shows that the debt was covered by an amnestyLocation: Ann ArborPub. status: Recto (written across the fibres) + VersoP.Mich. XVIII, 775-780; P.Heid. VI, 374Greek1 papyrus ; 11.5 x 26.2 cmPartly damagedRecto - 17;;Verso - 2Source of description: Recto + Verso
Recto written across the fibres
205-204 B.C.[?] (or 180 B.C.[?] Kramer)Mouchis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, EgyptDiophantosPetesouchos (see also P.Mich. XVIII, 778?)(Ptolemy V Epiphanes?), basileus
Unknown necropolis (cemeteries at Abusir al-Malaq or al-Lahun?)
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreekMouchis, Polemonos meris; Aphrodites polisConcessions (Amusements, etc.)--EgyptBeer--Egypt.Exclusive licenses--EgyptDebt cancellation--EgyptAphrodito (Extinct city)DocumentaryPapyrus
To Diophantos from Peteminis, resident of Mouchis in the Division of Polemon. I inform you of Petesouchos, the holder of the beer concession at Mouchis and Aphroditopolis for the [. .] year: 27 talents for the (sc. beer shop) in Mouchis, 12 talents for Aphroditopolis, 39 talents in all, from which has been paid 8 talents for Mouchis, and 6 talents for Aphroditopolis, totaling 14, the remainder being 25 talents - from which there is for security to him a house in Mouchis and a vacant plot of land.;;(Verso);;(2nd hand) Year 1, which (debts) the King has forgiven.
Loftus A - Schwendner G, PMich XVIII, 780A, 1996, Pl. XVII