P.Mich.inv. 1576 / Verso
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 1576
- Processing Number
- 1475
- Section/Side
- Recto + Verso
- Image Side
- Verso
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto + Verso
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- a: 3 x 8.5 cm; b: 6.4 x 12.5 cm
- Items
- 2
- Lines
- 19 lines
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- The text has two fragments, the upper (a) containg lines 1-8 and the lower (b) lines 9-19.
- Palaeographic Description
- In fragment b, there is a left margin of 1.6 cm and a lower margin of 1.4 cm. The papyrus is thick and medium-brown in color and the text is written with dark-brown ink in letters 3 mm high. Part of what appears to be an address to this letter appears on the verso, upside-down to and above the first line of an unpublished fragment of Homer. The hand is a very square, almost bilinear uncial with few cursive characteristics and no ligatures. The letter was written after the Homer text.
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- IIIrd century A.D.
- Origin
- Unknown (Alexandria?)
- Provenance
- Unknown
- Acquisition
- November 1924
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Unknown
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Private letter
- Content
- A private letter with the names of the oth writer and addressee lost. It consists mostly of formulaic remarks and greetings.
- Persons
- Demetria;
- Sarapion;
- Isidoros;
- Philotera
- Geographica
- Alexanfria
- Translation
- I make your obeisance before Sarapis and the gods who share his temple. I want you to know that this is the third letter I have written you (and) you have written me not one (letter) concerning your health. I greet . . . and demetria and Sarapion . . . and the children and all . . . isidoros and . . . greet you. I have not been in a position to . . . you, because it is not at all at hand in Alexandria. For perhaps . . . here. And concerning the artaba of . . . because you have not sent word whether . . ., until I come up. Write . . . I greet Philotera . . .
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1475
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections StudPap 22 Priest NE 1983 19-22 SB XVI 12982 Priest NE, StudPap 22, 19-22, 1983 -- SB XVI 12982
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- NL
- Year Begin
- 200
- Year End
- 299
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 4680 x 3959
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 1475
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1475/1576v.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 1576; Verso." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1475/1576v.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.