P.Mich.inv. 1637 / Verso

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 1637
Processing Number
1494
Section/Side
Recto + Verso
Image Side
Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto + Verso
Material
Pap
Size
10.5 x 10 cm
Items
1
Lines
Recto - 13
Verso - 1
Mounted
No
Negative
Yes
Conservation Status
Slightly damaged along the folds
Palaeographic Description
a rather large, cursive hand (but the date is in a smaller, more crowded script by the same writer) (Winter)
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
May 30, 127[?] A.D.
Origin
Unknown
Provenance
Unknown
Acquisition
November 1924
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Trapbos
Type of Text/Title of Work
Private Letter
Content
An urgent appeal from a son (or daughter?) to his/her father, asking him to come at once; otherwise the daily "hiding" which he/she fears from his/her overseers will force him/her to leave
Persons
Trapbos(?) (son/daughter of Herakles?);
Herakles;
(unnamed) epsatai (= epistatai);
Hadrianus, emperor
Translation
Trapbos(?) to Herakles his <or: her?> father, very many greetings. Before all else I pray for your health. I have caused unpleasantness for my overseers, and I want to get away from them. If you can come, come at once. For if I do not get away from them, they will give me a hiding every day. Give salutations to all in the house.
Year 11(?) of the Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Pauni 5.
(Verso)
From Trapbos(?) to Herakles.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich III Winter JG 1936 204 Winter JG, PMich III, 204, 1936 -- BL III, 111 (l. 1); &amp; BL VIII, 212 (l. 12); BL XI, 131 (l. 4); BL III, 111 (l. 1); &amp; BL VIII, 212 (l. 12); BL XI, 131 (l. 4);

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
K.F.W. Schmidt, GGA 199 (1938) p. 154

Availability/System Requirements

Scanner Initials
CT
Date Scanned
6/17/1996
Institution
sr

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
127
Year End
127

Technical Details

Image Size
3111 x 2835
File Size
1 MB
Record
1494
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1494/1637v.tif

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