P.Mich.inv. 5888

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Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 5888

Processing Number

2580

Section/Side

Recto + Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto + Verso

Connections

+ P.Mich.inv. 5868h; Archive of Sabinus and Apollinarius

Material

Pap

Size

13.5 X 30 cm

Items

1

Lines

Recto - 47

Verso - 3

Mounted

No

Negative

No

Negative in Copenhagen

yes (+verso)

Conservation Status

considerably damaged; two strips are lost from the upper and lower left

Palaeographic Description

See electronic version of PMich VIII, 465

Status

published

Library

Cairo

Contents

Date

February 20, 108 A.D.

Origin

unknown place, perhaps province of Arabia

Provenance

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition

30-C123CCH1-A (2)

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Iulius Apollinarius

Type of Text/Title of Work

Private Letter

Content

Letter from Gaius Iulius Apollinarius to his mother Tasoucharion, mainly devoted to expressing his homesickness and to quieting his mother's fears for his safety and comfort

Subject Headings

Army (officer)

Clothing

Family

Homesickness

Luxuries trade

Religion

Woman

Persons

(Iulius) Apolinarius (Apollinarius) (see P. Mich. IX, p. 5-8);

his mother Tasoucharion (see P. Mich. IX, p. 5-8);

his sister(s) Iulia Sarapias (or Iulia & Sarapias?) (see P. Mich. IX, p. 5-8, and P. Mich. VIII, 466, 43-44);

his grandaunt Sambathin (Sambathion) (see P. Mich. IX, p. 5-8);

Ploutos;

Eros;

Ptolemaios ho mikros;

[---], (his?) brother;

Ammonous (& children);

Betes;

Deios;

Ptollas;

Ptolema[--];

Ptollous;

Clemes (Clemens)

Geographica

Alexandria; Tyre

Translation

[Apollinarius] to Tasoucharion, [my] lady mother, many greetings. Before all else, I pray for your good health, as it is [my wish], to make obeisance to you (and find you) in good health [. . .] and life. You ... me [. . .] if I know in the [. . .] for ... not yet [. . .] of (my) parents, and it is most of all my wish. For each time I remind myself [of you], neither do I eat, nor do I drink, but I cry [. . .] to me alone [. . .] . . . I give thanks to Sarapis and Good Fortune that while all are laboring the whole day through at cutting stones I as an officer move about doing nothing. And I received some money and wanted to send you a gift of Tyrian wares; and since you did not reply, I have not entrusted it to anyone on account of the length of the journey. For fine garments and ebony(?) and pearls and unguents are brought here in abundance(?). Therefore I ask you, my lady, to be . . . and merrily joyful; for this is a good place. For if you are grieved, I am uneasy. Do you now give yourself the trouble to make inquiry of a friend of mine at Alexandria, so that you may send to me through him coarse-fibered linens. For there is none here and the weather is very hot. I ask you seriously not to annoy my lady Iulia in anything, since you know that . . . protects me doubly(?) . . . . I pray that I may make obeisance to you, after the gods, (and find you) in good health. And if you received the set of . . . I ask you without delay to reply to me concerning your health, so that I also may have consolation. Salute Iulia, Sarapias my lady sister, grandmother Sambathion, . . ., Eros, little Ptolemaios, . . . my brother, Ammonous and their children, Betes, Dius, Ptollas, . . ., Ptollous. Clemens . . . came with his man. I greet all those at home. I pray that you be well and happy. Mecheir 25.

(Verso) [For Tasoucharion,] my mother; deliver to Iulia . . . .

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2580

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich VIII	Winter JG-Youtie HC	1951	465	Winter JG-Youtie HC, PMich VIII, 465, 1951 -- BL V, 70 (bibliography); BL VI, 82 (bibliography); BL VIII, 214 (l. 31; bibliography); BL IX, 161 (bibliography; date); BL X, 124 (l. 18)	BL V, 70 (bibliography); BL VI, 82 (bibliography); BL VIII, 214 (l. 31; bibliography); BL IX, 161 (bibliography; date); BL X, 124 (l. 18)
CPJ III	Fuks A-Tcherikover V	1964	486a (l. 38-43)	Fuks A-Tcherikover V, CPJ III, 486a (l. 38-43), 1964

Information on Publications--Further Republications

Further Republications

Rep Editor - Smallwood EM; Rep Ser. - Documents Nerva-Hadrian; 1966; pg.307b

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

Davies R.W., BJb 169 (1969) p. 226, n. 4; Bowersock G.W., JRS 61 (1971) p. 232-233; Kennedy D.L., HSCP 84 (1980) p. 289-292; Strobel K., ZPE 71 (1988) p. 258-260; Perpillou-Thomas F., REG 108 (1995) p. 4.

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

108

Year End

108

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Record

2580

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2580/1 content_copy