P.Mich.inv. 4961 / Verso

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Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 4961
Processing Number: 2354
Section/Side: Recto + Verso
Image Side: Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: Recto + Verso
Material: Pap
Size: 7.5 x 8 cm
Items: 1
Lines: Recto - 10;; Verso - 1
Mounted: No
Negative: Yes
Conservation Status: Broken off at the bottom
Palaeographic Description: A fair-sized rough cursive (Turner)
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: IIIrd century A.D.
Origin: Perhaps Memphis, Memphite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance: unknown
Acquisition: purchased in 1928
Language: Greek
Genre: Documentary
Author: Demetrous
Type of Text/Title of Work: Private Letter
Content: Beginning of a private letter, with the rather uncommon invocation to the god Apis, which might point to a Memphite origin
Subject Headings: Egyptian letters--Egypt--Memphis (Extinxt city); Fathers and sons--Egypt--Memphis (Extinct city); Apis (Egyptian deity); Intercessory prayer.
Persons: Demetrous;; Mel[---](?);; Moros heniochos
Translation: Demetrous to Mel[--](?) my son very many greetings. I make obeisance for you every day before my lord Apis. I write to you, therefore, that you may know that on the 5th [. . .] from the city [- - -]
Papyri.info Link: https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2354

Information on Publications

Publications: Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections

Studien zur Papyrologie und antiken Wirtschaftsgeschichte Friedrich Oertel zum achtzigsten Geburtstag gewidemt (Festschrift Oertel) Turner EG 1964 32-33 Pl. II SB VIII 9930 Turner EG, Studien zur Papyrologie und antiken Wirtschaftsgeschichte Friedrich Oertel zum achtzigsten Geburtstag gewidemt (Festschrift Oertel), 32-33, 1964, Pl. II -- SB VIII 9930 -- BL XI, 211 (l. 8); BL XI, 211 (l. 8);

Cataloging

Cataloger: PH
Year Begin: 200
Year End: 299

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 2498 x 2891
File Size: 961 KB
Record: 2354
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2354/4961v.tif

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Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:2354

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Full citation: "P.Mich.inv. 4961; Verso." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2354/4961v.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 16, 2025.

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
Studien zur Papyrologie und antiken Wirtschaftsgeschichte Friedrich Oertel zum achtzigsten Geburtstag gewidemt (Festschrift Oertel)	Turner EG	1964	32-33	Pl. II	SB VIII 9930	Turner EG, Studien zur Papyrologie und antiken Wirtschaftsgeschichte Friedrich Oertel zum achtzigsten Geburtstag gewidemt (Festschrift Oertel), 32-33, 1964, Pl. II -- SB VIII 9930 -- BL XI, 211 (l. 8);	BL XI, 211 (l. 8);