P.Mich.inv. 284 / Verso

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 284
Processing Number
1655
Section/Side
Recto + Verso
Image Side
Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto + Verso
Connections
Archive of the children of Satornila
Material
Pap
Size
21 x 12.2 cm
Items
1
Lines
Recto - 26;
Verso - 2
Mounted
Yes
Negative
Yes
Conservation Status
Damaged along the folds; the ink has been somewhat rubbed off at the top of the recto and on the verso
Palaeographic Description
An excellent cursive hand of the late second or early third century. (Winter)
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
(Late) IInd century or early IIIrd century A.D.
Origin
Unknown place (Arsinoite nome?), province of Egypt
Provenance
Unknown place (Arsinoite nome?), province of Egypt
Acquisition
purchased in Egypt by B.P. Grenfell and F.W. Kelsey in March-April 1920
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Satornilos (Saturninus)
Type of Text/Title of Work
Private Letter
Content
Letter written to Sempronius by his brother Satornilos, who is worried not to have received any reply from Sempronius after he had sent him a letter as soon as he had arrived home
Persons
Satornilos (Saturnilus, Saturninus), (son of Satornila), brother of Sempronius (see ZPE 21 [1976] p. 169-172);
Sempronius (son of Satornila), brother of Satornilos (see ZPE 21 [1976] p. 169-172);
(Satornila), "lady" (and mother) of Satornilos and Sempronius (see ZPE 21 [1976] p. 169-172);
Maximus (son of Satornila) (& wife and children) (see ZPE 21 [1976] p. 169-172);
Gemellus;
Iulius (& wife);
Helene (& children);
Valerius;
(Longinus?) Celer (son of Satornila) (& family) (see ZPE 21 [1976] p. 169-172);
Iulius Serenus (see P.J. Sijpesteijn, ZPE 109 [1995] p. 96);
Serenus Sabinus;
Sarapion
Translation
Saturnilus to Sempronius, his brother and lord, very many greetings. Before all things I pray for your health and success; at the same time I also make daily obeisance for you before our ancestral gods. I wonder, brother - this is the second letter which I have sent to you since I came home, and you have written me no reply. I therefore ask you, brother, to write me at once about your well-being, that I too may be less troubled. For you know, brother, that I regard you not only as a brother but as a father and lord and god. For when I reached my house I at once wrote you perforce the first letter, having reached my house safely on the twenty-first, and I found all things well and our lady in good health. Our lady sends you salutations, as do also Maximus and his wife and children, and Gemellus, and Iulius and his wife, and Helene and all the children, by name. Give many salutations to Valerius and Celer and all his household, and Iulius Serenus and Serenus Sabinus and Sarapion and all who love you, by name. I pray for your welfare, most lordly brother.
(Verso) . . . to Sempronius Maximus . . . from Satornilos his brother.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich III Winter JG 1936 209 Winter JG, PMich III, 209, 1936 -- BL III, 111 (bibliography); BL XI, 131 (bibliography); BL III, 111 (bibliography); BL XI, 131 (bibliography);
Aus Antike und Orient. Festschrift Wilhelm Schubart zum 75. Geburtstag Bell HI 1950 43-45 Bell HI, Aus Antike und Orient. Festschrift Wilhelm Schubart zum 75. Geburtstag, 43-45, 1950 -- BL X, 123 (bibliography). - Verso, l. 1, at the end: read apo instead of para. (PH) BL X, 123 (bibliography). - Verso, l. 1, at the end: read apo instead of para. (PH)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
P.J. Sijpesteijn, ZPE 21 (1976) p. 169-181

Availability/System Requirements

Scanner Initials
CT
Date Scanned
6/7/1996
Institution
sc

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
100
Year End
224

Technical Details

Image Size
5386 x 4410
File Size
3 MB
Record
1655
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1655/284v.tif

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