P.Mich.inv. 1643 / Verso
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 1643
- Processing Number
- 1497
- Section/Side
- Recto + Verso
- Image Side
- Verso
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto + Verso
- Connections
- -
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 10.3 x 12.5 cm.
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- recto:1-16
- verso: 1
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- Regularly cut at the top and at the left but torn of to the right and at the bottom. Practically completely preserved.
- Palaeographic Description
- Somewhat irregular semicursive typical for the late Roman period. Some of the letters slope to the right.
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- IVth century A.D.
- Origin
- unknown
- Provenance
- unknown
- Acquisition
- November 1924
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Letter
- Author
- Psaeis, son of Apa Boreus
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Private letter
- Content
- Letter from Psaeis, son of Apa Boreus, in which he informs his wife that he has sent her a number of household objects.
- Persons
- Psaeis, son of Apa Boreus,
- Isis, his wife,
- Moueis,
- Arsis,
- Paulus,
- Ta.aeis
- Geographica
- -
- Translation
- "To my lady and wife Isis, Psaeis, greetings. Before all else I pray to God for your good health. I sent you two bed spreads, two pounds of purple dye, six baskets, and two towels, by the hand of Moueis. If someone gives you my letter, get from him a jar of olive oil, the donkey saddle and pannier. I salute Arsis. I salute Paulus. I salute Ta.aeis with her children . . . salutes . . . (scattered traces of three more lines)." Verso: "Deliver to my wife Isis, from Psaeis, son of Apa Boreus."
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1497
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections ZPE 23 Youtie HC 1976 103-4 SB XIV 12080 Youtie HC, ZPE 23, 103-4, 1976 -- SB XIV 12080
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC
- Year Begin
- 300
- Year End
- 399
Technical Details
- Record
- 1497
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1497/1643v.tif
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- Full citation
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"P.Mich.inv. 1643; Verso." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1497/1643v.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2024.