P.Mich.inv. 3549 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 3549
- Processing Number
- 2005
- Section/Side
- Recto;
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; the Verso contains one illegible line
- Connections
- -
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 22.1 x 14.5 cm.
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 1-11
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- The sheet has been torn diagonally starting near the upper righthand corner, with the result that the ends of the four first lines are misaligned. A sizeable lacuna in lines 8-10 obscures the sense of these lines.
- Palaeographic Description
- The letter is nearly complete with all four margins complete. Recto; Written across the fibers; scribe rotated papyrus 90 degrees to accommodate the format of the text.
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- VIIth century A.D.
- Origin
- unknown
- Provenance
- unknown
- Acquisition
- The papyrus was purchased from Nahman in 1925 and came to University in October 1926 as a gift of Oscar Weber and Richard H. Webber (of Detroit)
- Language
- Coptic
- Genre
- documentary
- Author
- unknown
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- letter
- Content
- The text of the letter concerns a request for medical treatment for the deliverer. Only in lines 8-10, where a sizeable lacuna begins, does the sense become obscure.
- Subject Headings
- Knee--Wounds and injuries--Egypt.
- Knee--Diseases--Treatment--Egypt.
- Christians--Egypt|vCorrespondence.
- Persons
- Apa Kyrios
- Geographica
- -
- Translation
- "I do obeisance to and greet the salvation of your beloved, god-loving fatherhood. After this I report to your fatherhood concerning the matter of this man who will give you my letter, that he is a brother of mine and a mishap has befallen his knee which he does not yet understand. Now, for God's sake do this on my account with God (i.e. with God's help). Give him some good medicine in the name of my lord the holy Apa Kyrios. And give it to him with all your heart and give your attention to him until I come up to nourish him and if he still wants to go away, give the medicine to him being satisfied and let him cure himself because he doesn't . . . the matter. I do obeisance to your fatherhood."
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2005
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections Archiv 39 Warga R 1993 47-48 Pl. 17 Warga R, Archiv 39, 47-48, 1993, Pl. 17
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC, MA
- Year Begin
- 600
- Year End
- 699
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 6305 x 4654
- File Size
- 4 MB
- Record
- 2005
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2005/3549v.tif
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- Manifest
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:2005:3549V.TIF
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"P.Mich.inv. 3549; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2005/3549v.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 06, 2024.