P.Mich.inv. 1514 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 1514
Processing Number: 1455
Section/Side: Recto + Verso
Image Side: Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: Recto + Verso
Connections: -
Material: Pap
Size: 24 x 10 cm.
Items: 1
Lines: 1-10
Mounted: Yes
Negative: No
Conservation Status: This light-brown papyrus is complete except for a strip of papyrus missing at central part of the bottom edge. Regularly cut at the top and at the left edge. (TC)
Palaeographic Description: For a similar hand, cf. Stegemann, Koptische Palaeographie, taf. 6, col. 3 (ca. 330-340 A.D.).
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: IVth century A.D.
Origin: unknown
Provenance: unknown
Acquisition: November 1924
Language: Coptic
Genre: documentary
Author: Heliodoros
Type of Text/Title of Work: letter
Content: Letter from one Heliodoros, probably of Fau, to one Apa Abraham a monk or abbey resident elsewhere. The writer asks for news on the health of Apa Abraham.
Subject Headings: Letter writing, Coptic--Egypt.; Christians--Egypt.; Monks--Egypt.
Persons: Heliodoros,; Apa Abraham.
Geographica: Fau.
Translation: Heliodoros, writing, inquiring after his dear father and servant of God, Apa Abraham, the anchorite. Salutations in the Lord! Before everything I enquire after the your excellent Fatherhood with my whole heart and my whole soul. Truly, my dear Father, I cease not to think of you by day and by night since I went forth from you (and) went to Fau. And my father asked me about the health of your Fatherhood. Even as you look for us (?) so (?) we (?) look for (news of) your health . . . "; (Verso): "Give it to the holy father and X servant of God; Abraham. From Heliodoros."
Papyri.info Link: https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1455

Information on Publications

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

PMich Coptic III Husselman EM-Worrell WH 1942 2 Husselman EM-Worrell WH, PMich Coptic III, 2, 1942

Cataloging

Cataloger: TC
Year Begin: 300
Year End: 399

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 6678 x 4661
File Size: 4 MB
Record: 1455
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1455/1514r.tif

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Full citation: "P.Mich.inv. 1514; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1455/1514r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich Coptic III	Husselman EM-Worrell WH	1942	2	Husselman EM-Worrell WH, PMich Coptic III, 2, 1942