P.Mich.inv. 1641 / Verso

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Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 1641
Processing Number: 1496
Section/Side: Recto + Verso
Image Side: Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: Recto + Verso
Connections: -
Material: Pap
Size: 15.5 x 21 cm.
Items: 1
Lines: 1-23
Mounted: Yes
Negative: Yes
Conservation Status: This medium-brown papyrus is regularly cut at the top and at the right. Papyrus more or less completely preserved except for a square hole in the middle (TC).
Palaeographic Description: Written in a very clear, upright hand with relativey little linking of letters. All of line 17 was erased and the end of the preceding line was erased by the scribe and little of the concluding line can be safely read. In the middle of the address on the verso there are two angular lines crossing eachother (TC).
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: IInd/IIIrd century A.D.
Origin: unknown
Provenance: unknown
Acquisition: November 1924
Language: Greek
Genre: documentary
Author: Achillas
Type of Text/Title of Work: letter
Content: Achillas writes presumably to his wife Thaisous and his son Achilleus. The main part of the letter concerns a "dishonored" woman. This woman was probably travelling to Alexandria for a hearing with the prefect of Egypt, but the interest of Achillas, the author of the letter, is far from clear. The verso contains very faded traces of the address.
Subject Headings: Rome--Politics and government.; Justice, Administration of--Egypt.; Petition, Right of--Egypt.; Family--Egypt.
Persons: Achillas,; Thaisous,; Achilleus,; Primianos.; Pamenes,; Annis,,; Valens,; Felix.
Geographica: -
Translation: Achillas to Thaisous and Achilleus his son, greeting. I want you to know that that woman who was defiled arrived here on the 15th of Epeiph along with her father. I accordingly informed Achillas, my assistant, and Primianus that they were here. She has already given her petition to the prefect, desiring to complete her case so that she may sail back up river. But up to the present time her petition has not come to attention. A sent word to her through Pammenes, the prefect's adjutant who is a friend of ours. Annis paid me a visit and the wife of Valens went home. Receive a copy of the petition wrapped up in the letter. . . Good health. Epeiph 22."; Verso: address
Papyri.info Link: https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1496

Information on Publications

Publications: Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections

PMich Michael Michael EM 1965 24 SB XII 11126 (and XIII, p. 140) Michael EM, PMich Michael, 24, 1965 -- SB XII 11126 (and XIII, p. 140) -- BL VII, 226 on lines 4,18,23; BL VIII, 367 (l. 5) BL VII, 226 on lines 4,18,23; BL VIII, 367 (l. 5)

Cataloging

Cataloger: TC
Year Begin: 100
Year End: 299

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 6298 x 4681
File Size: 4 MB
Record: 1496
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1496/1641v.tif

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Full citation: "P.Mich.inv. 1641; Verso." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1496/1641v.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 16, 2025.

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich Michael	Michael EM	1965	24	SB XII 11126 (and XIII, p. 140)	Michael EM, PMich Michael, 24, 1965 -- SB XII 11126 (and XIII, p. 140) -- BL VII, 226 on lines 4,18,23; BL VIII, 367 (l. 5)	BL VII, 226 on lines 4,18,23; BL VIII, 367 (l. 5)