P.Mich.inv. 5805 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 5805

Processing Number

2554

Section/Side

Recto + Verso

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto + Verso

Connections

-

Material

Pap

Size

11.5 X 35.5 cm

Items

1

Lines

Recto - 38

Verso - 2

Mounted

No

Negative

Yes

Negative in Copenhagen

yes (+ verso)

Conservation Status

nearly complete; a few ends of lines cut away at right. NB! Picture scanned from negative in Copenhagen.

Palaeographic Description

See electronic version of PMich VIII, 514

Status

published

Library

Cairo

Contents

Date

IIIrd century A.D.

Origin

Alexandria, province of Egypt

Provenance

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition

30-BS230-A (1)

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Isidora

Type of Text/Title of Work

Private Letter

Content

Letter from Isidora to her daughter Sarapias, concerning her problems to recover the savings of his deceased son and concerning a quarrel between Sarapias and her husband relating Sarapias's father

Subject Headings

Army

Clothing

Death

Family

Health

Priesthood

Religion

Violence

Woman

Persons

Isidora;

her (deceased, unnamed) son;

her daughter Sarapias (& husband, children);

(unnamed) father of Sarapias (Salibotas?);

Apollos son Salibotas;

Serenus;

Scambys, brother of Serenus;

Thausarion;

Peeou;

Pemes;

Onnophris, hiereus ---

Geographica

-

Translation

Isidora to Sarapias, her daughter, many greetings. Before all else I pray for your health, together with that of your household, and I make obeisance for you and for your child in the presence of our lord Sarapis. You know that I am despondent on account of your brother. I have not received his deposits because I have been sick; they have <fixed> days for receiving them. In regard to what you said: “Send a chiton for the little one,” if I find a trustworthy person I will send it; and if the god wills I come to join you. Whatever I have belongs to you and to your brother. I hear that you have quarreled with your husband on account of your father. He has not stayed with me because it is winter. Send him to his own place; if I go upcountry I shall manage him again. I am waiting for Apollos. Perhaps he will enlist in the army; whether he enlists or not, I must go upcountry. Write to me soon about your well-being. If you wish to write a letter, it is in the house of Serenus, the brother of Scambys, that I await his obeisance, (to bear it?) in the lap of Sarapis. Salute the father of the children and the children. Salute Thausarion. Salute your children. Salute Peeous and Pemes. Do not force me to reproach you, Onnophris, for her unpleasantness. Apollos salutes you and your children.

(Verso) Deliver to Onnophris, priest . . . from Apollos, the son of Salibotas.

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2554

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich VIII	Winter JG-Youtie HC	1951	514	Pl. VIII	Winter JG-Youtie HC, PMich VIII, 514, 1951, Pl. VIII -- BL VII, 112 on lines 29, 30	BL VII, 112 on lines 29, 30
Dc Es Rom Eg	Daris S	1964	36 (l. 8-11)	Daris S, Dc Es Rom Eg, 36 (l. 8-11), 1964

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

G. Geraci, Aegyptus 51 (1971) p. 168-170; S. Llewelyn, ZPE 101 (1994) 74.

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

200

Year End

299

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

4210 x 6300

File Size

3 MB

Record

2554

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2554/5805r.tif content_copy

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Manifest

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:2554:5805R.TIF content_copy