P.Mich.inv. 6640 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 6640
- Processing Number
- 2901
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is Blank
- Connections
- -
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 5.2 x 14 cm.
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 1-16
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- This medium-brown is regularly cut at all sides and complete. (TC)
- Palaeographic Description
- The hand resembles P. Mich. III 8 (pl. VI), which the editor assigns to the 6th/7th century A.D.; also comparable is Ep. II 198 (plate III), from the same period. Text written across the fibers.
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- VIth/VIIth century A.D.
- Origin
- probably Thebes, the Thebaid, Upper Egypt, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- probably Thebes, the Thebaid, Upper Egypt, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- purchased from Nahman through H.I. Bell in 1934
- Language
- Coptic
- Genre
- documentary
- Author
- Dorothe
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- private letter
- Content
- Dorothe writes to his brother concerning some gems which Dorothe offers to cut and send back.
- Subject Headings
- Gem cutting-- Egypt--Thebes (Extinct city)
- Christians--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct city)|vCorrespondence.
- Bread-- Egypt--Thebes (Extinct city)
- Barley-- Egypt--Thebes (Extinct city)
- Delivery of goods-- Egypt--Thebes (Extinct city)
- Brothers-- Egypt--Thebes (Extinct city)
- Persons
- Dorothe,
- Martyre.
- Geographica
- -
- Translation
- "(Christian sign) Dorothe writing to his brother Martyre: please send me your gems (?), and I shall cut these pieces of stone in my place and send them to you quickly, when they are ready for you. But don't be concerned about sending bread, for we have barley. Pray for me."
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2901
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections BASP 13 Browne GM 1976 89-91 Browne GM, BASP 13, 89-91, 1976
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC, MA
- Year Begin
- 500
- Year End
- 699
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2568 x 4701
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2901
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2901/6640r.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 6640; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2901/6640r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.