P.Mich.inv. 4243 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 4243
- Processing Number
- 2170
- Section/Side
- A; Recto + Verso
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto (back) + Verso (front)
- Connections
- -
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 20 x 24 cm.
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 1-15
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- A light-brown papyrus that is regularly cut at all sides except at the right. Four vertical folds still visible. (TC)
- Palaeographic Description
- Hand is similar to Stegemann, Taf. 12, cols. 3 & 4 of ca. 750 (?)
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- VIIIth century A.D.
- Origin
- unknown
- Provenance
- unknown
- Acquisition
- July 1925; Acquired by Dr. Askren and Prof Boak
- Language
- Coptic
- Genre
- documentary
- Author
- Paul
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- letter
- Content
- Defective and partly unintelligible letter of greeting from a certain Paul to his father, Aaron, and other persons, including women, connected with some community or place of the "Archangel".
- Persons
- Aaron;
- Maria;
- Viktor;
- Sibylla;
- Kopipre;
- Peter;
- Torsis;
- Paulos;
- Geographica
- -
- Translation
- "In the name of God. First of all things I enquire after my lords-apostles, doing homage to our lord the Archangel. I enquire after my beloved father, Aaron. I enquire . . . . . . . . . Maria, his mother. I enquire after Victor . . . . . . enquire after Sibylla (?) and her mother. I enquire . . . . . and his wife. I enquire after Koprire . . . . . mother. I enquire after Peter, my brother . . . . . . . . . . . my heart is afflicted because of Torsis . . . . . . your . . . . . . if God has given deliverance write me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . If you have done it (?) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . if . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . forgive it you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . till I come. And the master (inquires) after Victor, enquires after you (?) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the wafers. Greetings . . . . . . ."
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2170
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich Coptic III Worrell WH 1942 16 Worrell WH, PMich Coptic III, 16, 1942
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC
- Year Begin
- 700
- Year End
- 799
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 5172 x 4599
- File Size
- 3 MB
- Record
- 2170
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2170/4243ar.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 4243; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2170/4243ar.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.