P.Mich.inv. 3724 / Verso

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Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 3724
Processing Number: 2066
Section/Side: Recto + Verso
Image Side: Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: Recto + Verso (both sides parallel with the fibers)
Connections: -
Material: Pap
Size: 9.8 x 10.5 cm.
Items: 1
Lines: recto: 1-14; verso: 1-3
Mounted: no
Negative: Yes
Conservation Status: Medium brown papyrus irregularly broken off at the top, but fairly regularly on the other sides. At the extreme left border there is a kollesis. Four vertical folds are still visible.
Palaeographic Description: Written in a large uncial hand. At the top there was a free margin of at least 1 cm. One line of writing in the left margin running upwards across the fibers. Diaeresisin line 3.
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: IIIrd century A.D.
Origin: unknown
Provenance: unknown
Acquisition: purchased by Prof. Boak in 1925 (report submitted by H.I. Bell, dated May 2, 1925); described as coming from Behneseh (Oxyrhynchus)
Language: Greek
Genre: Documentary
Author: Copres
Type of Text/Title of Work: Private letter
Content: Private letter in which Copres writes to his father with the request that he brings some materials and some personal goods to Copres.
Subject Headings: Egyptian letters.; Fathers and sons--Egypt.; Intercessory prayer--Paganism--Egypt.; Implements, utensils, etc.--Egypt.; Footwear--Egypt.
Persons: Hermes, father of Copres,; Copres, author of letter,; Hermation, overseer of Copres.
Geographica: -
Translation: "To my lord Hermes, my father, Kopres, greetings. Before all things I pray for your health and I make daily obeisance for you in presence of our ancestral gods. Therefore now I wrote to you at another time about the sorrow which took hold of all because of my overseer Hermation. Therefore now come out and bring me resin and spattles to work with and the basket which he told you. I pray for your good health. In margine sinistra: Bring me sandals."; (Verso): "Copres to Hermes, his father. Deliver to Hermes from Copres."
Papyri.info Link: https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2066

Information on Publications

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

Misc Pap Roca-Puig Sijpesteijn PJ 1987 313-6 Plate SB XVIII, 13613 Sijpesteijn PJ, Misc Pap Roca-Puig, 313-6, 1987, Plate -- SB XVIII, 13613 -- BL IX, 303 (l. 7-8); BL X, 221 (l. 5; 8; 9; 10-11) BL IX, 303 (l. 7-8); BL X, 221 (l. 5; 8; 9; 10-11)

Acts of the 20th Intern. Congress of Papyrologists Chapa J 1994 525-533 Chapa J, Acts of the 20th Intern. Congress of Papyrologists, 525-533, 1994 -- l. 8: alpha after the lacuna is very doubtful; l. 10:lambda not there at end of line (checked on original by Traianos Gagos). l. 8: alpha after the lacuna is very doubtful; l. 10:lambda not there at end of line (checked on original by Traianos Gagos).

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography: K.A. Worp, Tyche 5 (199) p. 179-180.

Cataloging

Cataloger: TC
Year Begin: 200
Year End: 299

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 3354 x 4228
File Size: 2 MB
Record: 2066
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2066/3724v.tif

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Full citation: "P.Mich.inv. 3724; Verso." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2066/3724v.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2025.

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
Misc Pap Roca-Puig	Sijpesteijn PJ	1987	313-6	Plate	SB XVIII, 13613	Sijpesteijn PJ, Misc Pap Roca-Puig, 313-6, 1987, Plate -- SB XVIII, 13613 -- BL IX, 303 (l. 7-8); BL X, 221 (l. 5; 8; 9; 10-11)	BL IX, 303 (l. 7-8); BL X, 221 (l. 5; 8; 9; 10-11)
Acts of the 20th Intern. Congress of Papyrologists	Chapa J	1994	525-533	Chapa J, Acts of the 20th Intern. Congress of Papyrologists, 525-533, 1994 -- l. 8: alpha after the lacuna is very doubtful; l. 10:lambda not there at end of line (checked on original by Traianos Gagos).	l. 8: alpha after the lacuna is very doubtful; l. 10:lambda not there at end of line (checked on original by Traianos Gagos).