P.Mich.inv. 5389

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 5389
Processing Number
2443
Section/Side
Recto + Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto + Verso
Connections
archive of Claudius Tiberianus
Material
Pap
Size
15 X 19 cm
Items
1
Lines
Recto - 22
Verso - 2
Mounted
No
Negative
Yes
Negative in Copenhagen
yes (+verso)
Conservation Status
Many holes
Palaeographic Description
See electronic version of PMich VIII, 469
Status
published
Library
Cairo

Contents

Date
(Early) IInd century A.D.
Origin
probably Alexandria, province of Egypt
Provenance
Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition
28-B167D2-A
Language
Latin (Recto)
Greek (Verso)
Genre
Documentary
Author
Claudius Terentianus
Type of Text/Title of Work
Private Letter
Content
Letter from Claudius Terentianus to his father(?) Claudius Tiberianus, asking him to make a number of purchases for his mother
Persons
Claudius Terentianus (see P. Mich. VIII, 467-481 introd.);
his father(?) Claudius Tiberianus, speculator (see P. Mich. VIII, 467-481 introd.);
his (unnamed) mother;
(unnamed) liberta of Germanus
Geographica
-
Translation
Claudius Terentianus to Claudius Tiberianus, his father, very many greetings. My mother salutes you and asks you to buy for her, if it can be done, some merchandise(?). She has seen Germanus's freedwoman . . . a linen garment and she wants that . . . . See if you are able to find one at a reasonable price. The mattresses(?) that I brought for her . . . . Do(?) it then if you can . . . and send me a reply. For she said that she wants it, for she . . . buckets and . . . and that you send her . . . . I say to her, "I should not like to go looking for them, but I can write a letter for you and he will send them to you if he finds them." Therefore, buy them at a reasonable price, I beg you, so that you may satisfy her . . . . For we hold you in affection after god, as you hold us. Salute those who love us. Farewell.
(Verso) To Claudius Tiberianus, speculator.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich VIII Winter JG-Youtie HC 1951 469 Pl. II Winter JG-Youtie HC, PMich VIII, 469, 1951, Pl. II -- BL VII, 111 (bibliography); BL VIII, 215 (bibliography); BL IX, 161 (bibliography) BL VII, 111 (bibliography); BL VIII, 215 (bibliography); BL IX, 161 (bibliography)
CPL Cavenaile R 1957 252 Cavenaile R, CPL, 252, 1957

Information on Publications--Further Republications

Further Republications
Rep Editor - Pighi G. B.; Rep Ser. - Lettere latine d'un soldato di Traiano; 1964; Rep_Pg_No 6;
Rep Editor - Cugusi P.; Rep Ser. - C.Epist.Lat.; 1992; Rep_Pg_No 144, with pl. XII;
Rep Editor - Dorandi T; Rep Ser. - Ch.L.A. XLII; 1994; Rep_Pg_No 1216 (photo: p. 31-32).

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
R.W. Davies, BASP 10 (1973) p. 21-25; J.N. Adams, The Vulgar Latin of the Letters of Claudius Terentianus (P. Mich. VIII, 467-72) (Manchester, 1977); Chr. Lehmann, Cuadernos de filologia classica 21 (1988) p. 11-23; G. Calboli, Latin vulgaire - latin tardif II. Actes du IIe Colloque international sur le latin vulgaire et tardif (Tuebingen, 1990) p. 23-44.

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
100
Year End
199

Technical Details

Record
2443
Link to this Item
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