P.Mich.inv. 3738 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 3738
- Processing Number
- 2077
- Section/Side
- Recto + Verso
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto + Verso (both sides parallel to the fibers)
- Connections
- -
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 8 x 8.5 cm.
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- recto: 1-9
- verso: 1-3
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- A medium brown papyrus regularly cut off at the left side only. 5 horizontal and 2 vertical folds are still visible.
- Palaeographic Description
- Large and clear semi-cursive. At the left side the margin is 1.3 cm. in front of line 1 but only 0.6 cm. in front of line 9 (Maas's law).
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- IInd/IIIrd centuries A.D.
- Origin
- unknown
- Provenance
- unknown
- Acquisition
- purchased by Prof. Boak in 1925 (report submitted by H.I. Bell, dated May 2, 1925); described as coming from Behneseh (Oxyrhynchus)
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- documentary
- Author
- Thonas and Kalalas
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Private letter
- Content
- Thonas and Kalalas write to their father expressing that they love him and that they wish him to join them
- Persons
- Thonas, co-author,
- Kalalas, co-author,
- Dionysios, their father.
- Geographica
- -
- Translation
- "Thonas and Kalalas to Dionysios, their father, greetings and well-being. I love you and daily I make mention of your excellent way of live to all the gods. Please, . . . come to us. Do everything possible to . . . us also . . ."
- (Verso): "From Kalalas and Thonas to Dionysios, their father."
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2077
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections Misc Pap Roca-Puig Sijpesteijn PJ 1987 316-7 SB XVIII, 13614 Sijpesteijn PJ, Misc Pap Roca-Puig, 316-7, 1987 -- SB XVIII, 13614
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC
- Year Begin
- 100
- Year End
- 299
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3261 x 4761
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2077
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2077/3738r.tif
Rights and Permissions
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- Manifest
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:2077:3738R.TIF
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- Full citation
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"P.Mich.inv. 3738; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2077/3738r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.