P.Mich.inv. 6862 / Verso

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Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 6862

Processing Number

2966

Section/Side

Recto

Image Side

Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto + Verso (see contents)

Connections

-

Material

Paper

Size

14 x 21 cm.

Items

1

Lines

1-29

Mounted

No

Negative

Yes

Conservation Status

This medium-brown sheet of paper is regularly cut off at all sides and practically complete except for a hole in the lower half. (TC)

Palaeographic Description

Nearly identical with BMC no. 489 of 1112 A.D. For the peculiarities of the orthography, see printed edition.

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

XIIth century A.D.

Origin

unknown

Provenance

unknown

Acquisition

purchased by Prof. Worrell in Egypt in the spring of 1936

Language

Coptic

Genre

documentary

Author

unknown

Type of Text/Title of Work

letter

Content

The recto contains a letter to an archon concerning financial and personal problems which have arisen for the author of this letter. (TC) The verso contains, beside the short Coptic address, an Arabic document, boldly written but very difficult.

Subject Headings

Christians--Egypt.

Cities and towns--Officials and employees--Egypt.

Letter writing, Coptic--Egypt.

Indifferentism (Religion)

Business losses--Egypt.

Divorce--Egypt.

Incest--Egypt.

Persons

Muhammad;

Bassere;

Kyra;

Abu I-Bishr;

Geographica

Mallawi (?);

Antinoe;

Translation

"With God! I do reverence to, and I greet with the salutation, your beloved honored Governorship. May the Lord spare you! I received your letter and noted it. And it made me (want) to flee; for you alone know that I have spent three days sitting while the business is ruined and a(n alloted portion of ?) water is cut off (?). It will take a lot of money at our expense, and the place is not thriving. We do our work. And I tell you that Muhammad is ending his account (?). Bassere, the poor child, I will testify for her. And this is nit just to my means. You worry me (?) that he took his . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . my money in. I did not get a carat. See, my . . . . . . . . . . I did not get hold of them. And if my business has given you trouble in Mallawi (?) God it is who is between me and you that I will not sleep in the village now under my promise. For I am estranged from the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost. And persevere, I took what I took to the Devil. And my wife, the mother of my children, is divorced now for the third time of my divorcing; and twice (?) I slept with her, sleeping with Kyra, my mother who bore me, even though it were in the place of my promise. I know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . which (?) I gave. I took some money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . that she . . . . . . Antinoe. But it rests with you to settle (?) this matter. You are the . . . . . . . . . . . of the place, like the Governor, Abu I-Bishr, may the Lord guide him! while (?) he settles (?) every business which is ours. Salvation in the Lord! And the word of the Lord is this: if she comes to Mallawi (?) then I will send her to him if the Lord is willing."

(Verso): "From your slave."

Papyri.info Link

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Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich Coptic III	Husselman EM-Worrell WH	1942	18	Pl VII	Husselman EM-Worrell WH, PMich Coptic III, 18, 1942, Pl VII

Cataloging

Cataloger

TC

Year Begin

1100

Year End

1199

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

4670 x 5334

File Size

3 MB

Record

2966

Link to this Item

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