P.Mich.inv. 6867 / Verso

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Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 6867
Processing Number: 2971
Section/Side: Recto + Verso
Image Side: Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: Recto + Verso
Connections: -
Material: Pap
Size: 32 x 5 cm.
Items: 1
Lines: 1-6
Mounted: Yes
Negative: Yes
Conservation Status: Complete and regularly cut on all sides and only few holes. Kollesis in center. (TC)
Palaeographic Description: The hand is similar to Stegemann, Taf. 1, especially BM Or. 5514;
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: IIIrd or (early) IVth century A.D.
Origin: unknown
Provenance: unknown
Acquisition: purchased by Prof. Worrell in Egypt in the spring of 1936
Language: Coptic
Genre: documentary
Author: John
Type of Text/Title of Work: letter
Content: Letter from a certain John to his "father", the "great man", Apa Dorotheos, the "father superior" (?) of the Mount, about a peasant and about a brother, Theodore.
Subject Headings: Bible.--Coptic--O.T.--Genesis.
Persons: Theodoros;; Apa Dorotheos;; John.
Geographica: The Mount;
Translation: "(Christian sign) First I greet the honor of your Paternity. As to what your Kindness wrote me concerning the peasant: I do not restrain you from your demanding of him (the equivalent of) all that you do for him. And concerning the brother Theodore, the brother whom you sent me with the letter: I had him speak with him. Question him; he will tell you what he said. Be so good, pray for us. I greet the brethren who are with you."; Verso: "Give it to my father, the great X man, Apa Dorotheos, the Father Superior (of the Mount). From the least, John."
Papyri.info Link: https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2971

Information on Publications

Publications: Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections

PMich Coptic III Husselman EM-Worrell WH 1942 1 Pl IV Husselman EM-Worrell WH, PMich Coptic III, 1, 1942, Pl IV

Cataloging

Cataloger: TC
Year Begin: 200
Year End: 324

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 8173 x 4563
File Size: 5 MB
Record: 2971
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2971/6867v.tif

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Full citation: "P.Mich.inv. 6867; Verso." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2971/6867v.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2024.

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich Coptic III	Husselman EM-Worrell WH	1942	1	Pl IV	Husselman EM-Worrell WH, PMich Coptic III, 1, 1942, Pl IV