P.Mich.inv. 332 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 332
- Processing Number
- 1942
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso bears only an X-sign, which must have been just under the now lost address
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 25 x 12.5 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 12
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- Broken off on the left side
- Palaeographic Description
- An unusually clear and beautiful hand (Winter)
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- IInd century A.D.
- Origin
- Perhaps Alexandria, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Unknown
- Acquisition
- purchased in Egypt by B.P. Grenfell and F.W. Kelsey in March-April 1920
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- [- - -]
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Private Letter
- Content
- Fragmentary letter to Panesneous(?)
- Subject Headings
- Family--Egypt.
- Letter writing, Greek--Egypt.
- Serapis (Egyptian deity)
- Alexandria--Egypt.
- Prayer--Egypt.
- Tax collection--Egypt.
- Persons
- Panesneous(?), brother of the writer;
- (unnamed) toparches;
- (unnamed) mother of the writer (and of Panesneous?);
- Thais, wife of Panesneous (& their children);
- Heraiskos;
- (unnamed) ammas of Heraiskos;
- [- - -]odoros;
- Kalathous
- Translation
- [- - -] to his brother Panesneous(?), very many greetings. Before all else I pray for your health and make obeisance for you daily in the presence of our lord Sarapis. I wish you to know, brother, that I wrote to you about the toparch and you have written me no reply. Even if he is unwilling make him inform me about all the things that concern me. I send many salutations to my mother and to Thais your wife and to your children - may the evil eye not touch them. Heraiskos salutes you all by name, as do also his nurse and ...odoros and Kalathous. . . . salutes you all. I pray for your health.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1942
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich III Winter JG 1936 208 Winter JG, PMich III, 208, 1936
Availability/System Requirements
- Time to Scan
- 10
- Scanner Initials
- CT
- Date Scanned
- 7/1/1996
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 100
- Year End
- 199
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2881 x 2169
- File Size
- 274 KB
- Record
- 1942
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1942/332_a.tif
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- Manifest
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:1942
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"P.Mich.inv. 332; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1942/332_a.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2025.