P.Mich.inv. 5403

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 5403
Processing Number
2457
Section/Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso is blank
Connections
archive of Claudius Tiberianus
Material
Pap
Size
20.7 X 16.8 cm
Items
1
Lines
14
Mounted
No
Negative
No
Negative in Copenhagen
yes
Conservation Status
broken on the left side; many large and small holes
Palaeographic Description
See electronic version of PMich VIII, 474
Status
published
Library
Cairo

Contents

Date
(Early) IInd century A.D.
Origin
unknown place (not far from Alexandria?), province of Egypt
Provenance
Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition
28-B167D2-O
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
[Tabetheus(?)]
Type of Text/Title of Work
Private Letter
Content
Letter from [Tabetheus(?)] to her brother Tiberianus, urging him, as he arrived to Alexandria after a long absence, to visit her and his children
Persons
[Tabetheus(?)] (& family);
her brother Claudius Tiberianus (see P. Mich. VIII, 467-481 introd.);
Segathis, his daughter;
Isidoros, his son;
--- (& children)
Geographica
Alexandria
Translation
[Tabetheus(?) to Claudius Tib]erianus, her brother, very many greetings. [When I learned that] you had come to Alexandria, I was very happy together with my entire family, [and do you write to me in reply] that you are coming to us immediately, since your son(?) . . . waited for you during your absence until today. And to the present moment we wait for you [daily ] together with the children. Therefore, I ask you to come [to] us [immediately]; we will make obeisance to you together with the children if you come up . . . . your daughter Segathis serves me; she is prudent and . . . capable. She sent your(?) son Isidoros to you so that [he might take to you] your belts [in the company] of soldiers, because she remains in attendance on me lest [the flood] come in the river with great [violence], since I am not able to leave the house on account of . . . . Isidoros and Segathis salute you, and we salute . . . the children. I received a letter from Claudius, your son, [from which I learned that] as soon as you come to me [you will take] me to Alexandria along with Segathis . . . . to the present moment you have not yet been willing to come.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich VIII Winter JG-Youtie HC 1951 474 Winter JG-Youtie HC, PMich VIII, 474, 1951 -- BL VII, 111 (bibliography); BL IX, 161 (bibliography) 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. 7; 27-28; 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.

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Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
100
Year End
199

Technical Details

Record
2457
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2457/1

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