P.Mich.inv. 430 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 430
- Processing Number
- 2184
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 6.5 x 26 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 31
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- Badly damaged, with the middle portion nearly completely lost
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- IVth century A.D.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Provenance
- Unknown
- Acquisition
- purchased in Egypt by B.P. Grenfell and F.W. Kelsey in March-April 1920
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Allous
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Private Letter
- Content
- Letter from Allous to her "mother" Faustina, asking to send her a certain amount of tow, so that she can spin it and sell her work for the benefit of her brother's orphaned children
- Subject Headings
- Greek letters--Egypt.
- Spinning--Egypt.
- Orphans--Care|ZEgypt.
- Tow (Textiles)
- Women--Egypt.
- Persons
- Faustina;
- Allous;
- (unnamed) grammatephoros;
- (unnamed) orphans, nephews/nieces of Allous;
- Kyriake
- Translation
- To lady my mother Faustina, Allous, greetings in the Lord. Having chanced to use the letter-carrier I greet your motherly kindliness, my mother. Since it appears from your letter to me that it was [not] possible to come because of . . . [For the . . .] of my brother's orphaned children I, being a woman, cannot suffice. Therefore, if you have enough, send me via the letter-carrier two pounds of tow, so that I can spin and sell it for them. I greet you fondly. The little children greet you. I greet mother Kyriake. I pray for your good health.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2184
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections CE 52 Janssens M 1977 112-116 SB XIV 11881 Janssens M, CE 52, 112-116, 1977 -- SB XIV 11881
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 300
- Year End
- 399
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 4046 x 6378
- File Size
- 3 MB
- Record
- 2184
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2184/430r.tif
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- Manifest
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:2184:430R.TIF
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"P.Mich.inv. 430; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2184/430r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.