P.Mich.inv. 1648 / Verso

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Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 1648

Processing Number

1498

Section/Side

Verso + Recto

Image Side

Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Verso (written across the fibres) + Recto; Recto bears also an earlier text, which is a list of nominations or appointments to liturgical services

Material

Pap

Size

14 x 22 cm

Items

1

Lines

Recto, first text: col. I, 9 lines; col. II, 3 lines.

Recto, second text (address of the letter on the Verso): 1 line.

Verso: 20 lines

Mounted

No

Negative

No

Conservation Status

Verso nearly complete (damaged at the bottom); Recto cut off on the left and right when the papyrus was reused

Palaeographic Description

A neatly-formed, upright cursive of medium size; the address is by the same hand but in larger letters (Winter - Youtie)

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

IInd century A.D.

Origin

Unknown

Provenance

Unknown

Acquisition

November 1924

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Areskousa

Type of Text/Title of Work

Private Letter

Content

Letter sent to Herakles by Areskousa, who informs him of the excessive price requested from her for the care of a sow, and who asks him for some good cotton thread

Subject Headings

Swine--Egypt.

Clothing and dress--Egypt.

Egyptian letters.

Women--Egypt|vCorrespondence.

Cotton textiles--Egypt.

Service, Compulsory non-military--Egypt.

Persons

Areskousa;

Herakles;

Charmos;

Herakleides;

Tanechotes;

Sarapion;

Seuthes;

Tauris;

Apollonarion

Translation

Areskousa to Herakles, her brother, greeting. You wrote me about the sow that I should sell it, or take it home, or provide the cost for its support. As a matter of fact, although I am willing to provide the cost, they submitted estimates that were not small, and I did not venture to commit myself to so great an expenditure without your decision. However, I gave them eight drachmai on account until you arrive and know what you have bargained for. By all means send me by this shipment twenty drachmai's worth of good cotton thread. See that you do not neglect it, since your brothers have no outer garments, now that their cotton ones are worn out, and they need them, as you know, inasmuch as they spend all their time in the field. Give my greeting individually to all your household. Charmos greets you, as do also Herakleides and Tanechotes and Sarapion and the little Seuthes and Tauris and Apollonarion and our whole family. Farewell.

(Recto, 2nd text)

To Herakles, her brother, from Areskousa.

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1498

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
AJP 65	Winter JG-Youtie HC	1944	255-258	SB VI 9026	Winter JG-Youtie HC, AJP 65, 255-258, 1944 -- SB VI 9026

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

M. Hombert, CE 23 (1948) p. 204-206

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

100

Year End

199

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

4142 x 5394

File Size

3 MB

Record

1498

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1498/1648v.tif content_copy

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Manifest

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:1498 content_copy