P.Mich.inv. 283 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 283
- Processing Number
- 1651
- Section/Side
- Recto + Verso
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto + Verso
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 11 x 9 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- Recto - 13;
- Verso - 1
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- Damaged along the folds
- Palaeographic Description
- Carefully formed uncials of medium size, with no tendency to join letters (Winter)
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- IInd century or IIIrd century A.D.
- Origin
- Unknown (perhaps Alexandria?)
- Provenance
- Unknown
- Acquisition
- purchased in Egypt by B.P. Grenfell and F.W. Kelsey in March-April 1920
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Valerius
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Private Letter
- Content
- Letter sent to Samaphes and another man by Valerius, who asks them to take charge of his affairs until he can join them
- Persons
- Valerius;
- Samaphes;
- Ako... (Akorimphis, Achorimphis?)
- Translation
- Valerius to Samaphes and Ako..., greeting. Please take care of our affairs until I join you, Sarapis willing. I hope soon to straighten matters out and sail up to you. For I know your zeal to make me less distraught; for when I give heed to you I live in less anxiety. Salute all of your household; Sarapion also sends many salutations. I pray for your welfare.
- (Verso)
- . . . [- - - from] Valerius.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1651
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich III Winter JG 1936 211 Winter JG, PMich III, 211, 1936 -- BL III, 111 (l. 1). - Traces of one line, which must have contained the address, are visible on the verso: at the end, one reads: p]ar[a] Ou[a]l[e]riou. (PH) BL III, 111 (l. 1). - Traces of one line, which must have contained the address, are visible on the verso: at the end, one reads: p]ar[a] Ou[a]l[e]riou. (PH)
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- K.F.W. Schmidt, GGA 58 (1938) p. 156
Availability/System Requirements
- Time to Scan
- 8
- Scanner Initials
- CT
- Date Scanned
- 6/19/1996
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 100
- Year End
- 299
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2021 x 2173
- File Size
- 201 KB
- Record
- 1651
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1651/283.tif
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:1651:283.TIF
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"P.Mich.inv. 283; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1651/283.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.