P.Mich.inv. 5396

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 5396

Processing Number

2450

Section/Side

Recto + Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto + Verso

Connections

archive of Claudius Tiberianus

Material

Pap

Size

16.4 X 21.4

Items

1

Lines

Recto - 23

Verso - 1

Mounted

No

Negative

No

Negative in Copenhagen

yes (+ verso)

Conservation Status

numerous holes

Palaeographic Description

See electronic version of PMich VIII, 479

Status

published

Library

Cairo

Contents

Date

(Early) IInd century A.D.

Origin

unknown place (in or near Alexandria?), province of Egypt

Provenance

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition

28-B167D2-G

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Claudius Terentianus

Type of Text/Title of Work

Private Letter

Content

Letter from Claudius Terentianus to his father(?) Claudius Tiberianus, expressing anxiety concerning the health of his father, who had been ill, and giving directions for the delivery of a letter from the dioiketes to the strategos through Tabetheus, the sister of Tiberianus

Subject Headings

Administration

Health

Citizenship--Rome.

Soldiers--Rome.

Persons

Claudius Terentianus (see P. Mich. VIII, 467-481 introd.);

his father(?) Claudius Tiberianus (see P. Mich. VIII, 467-481 introd.);

Tabatheus (Tabetheus);

(unnamed) dioiketes;

(unnamed) strategos;

Nemesianos

Geographica

-

Translation

Claudius Terentianus to Claudius Tiberianus, his father and lord, very many greetings. Before all else I pray for your health and prosperity, which are my wish. I marvel that after you sailed upcountry you did not write to me about your well-being, but until today I have been anxious because you were indisposed when you left me. Please, then, write me a reply at once concerning your well-being. You will deliver to Tabetheus the letter of the dioiketes for the strategos, and let her make every effort to deliver it to the strategos at once, so that he may reply quickly to what has been written to him. I also was intending to sail up, but until today I have not yet disposed of my affairs, which remain unsettled. And if you know about Nemesianus, where he is staying, write to me, since we are anxious about him too. All my people salute you. Salute all your friends, each by name. (2nd hand) I pray for your good health.

(Verso) To his most esteemed Claudius Tiberianus from Claudius Terentianus.

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2450

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich VIII	Winter JG-Youtie HC	1951	479	Winter JG-Youtie HC, PMich VIII, 479, 1951 -- BL IV, 55 (on origin of the text); BL VII, 111 (bibliography); BL IX, 161 (bibliography)	BL IV, 55 (on origin of the text); BL VII, 111 (bibliography); BL IX, 161 (bibliography)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

G.B. Pighi, Lettere latine d'un soldato di Traiano (Bologna, 1964) p. 83-84; R.W. Davies, BASP 10 (1973) p. 21-25; 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

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Record

2450

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2450/1 content_copy