P.Mich.inv. 3763 / Verso

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Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 3763
Processing Number: 2096
Section/Side: Recto + Verso
Image Side: Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: Recto + Verso (both sides across fibers)
Connections: -
Material: Pap
Size: 21.5 x 10.5 cm.
Items: 1
Lines: 1-13
Mounted: No
Negative: No
Conservation Status: This light brown papyrus is regularly cut on all sides but complete. Seven horizontal folds are still visible and at the extreme lower border there is a kollesis.
Palaeographic Description: Written in a somewhat irregular but clear hand with diaeresis in ll. 2, 6 and 8. There are free margins of 1 cm. at the right and top, with the latter containing one line.
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: VIth/VIIth century A.D.
Origin: Oxyrhynchite nome, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt (?)
Provenance: Oxyrhynchite nome, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt (?)
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: unknown
Type of Text/Title of Work: Letter
Content: Only the right part of this letter has been preserved and the missing section makes our understanding of the text tentative and translation impossible. It is, however, clear that the writer complains that he has been deserted by his companions and would have been alone somewhere had he not forced a certain Enoch to stay with him. He asks the addressee for an iron tool and a ship to transport something. He also asks the recipient of the letter to reply.
Subject Headings: Christian art and symbolism--Oxyrhynchite Nome (Egypt); Iron implements--Oxyrhynchite Nome (Egypt); Egyptian letters--Oxyrhynchite Nome (Egypt).; Monasteries--Oxyrhynchite Nome (Egypt); Shipment of goods--Oxyrhynchite Nome (Egypt)
Persons: Harmiysios,; Apollos, son of Johannes,; Enoch
Geographica: monastery at Kerkemounisis,; Anousias (?)
Translation: Recto: [text too fragmentary to translate]; Verso: "(Christian sign) Deliver to my master the most honourable and virtuous true friend and brother - - -".
Papyri.info Link: https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2096

Information on Publications

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

JOByz 36 Sijpesteijn PJ 1986 21-2 SB XVIII, 13598 (and p. 491) Sijpesteijn PJ, JOByz 36, 21-2, 1986 -- SB XVIII, 13598 (and p. 491) -- BL IX, 303 (l. 1; 12); N Gonis, ZPE 19, 147 (l. 11); BL XI, 224 (l. 11); BL IX, 303 (l. 1; 12); N Gonis, ZPE 19, 147 (l. 11); BL XI, 224 (l. 11);

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography: N. Gonis, ZPE 119 (1997) p. 147

Cataloging

Cataloger: TC
Year Begin: 500
Year End: 699

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 6164 x 4480
File Size: 4 MB
Record: 2096
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2096/3763v.tif

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Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
JOByz 36	Sijpesteijn PJ	1986	21-2	SB XVIII, 13598 (and p. 491)	Sijpesteijn PJ, JOByz 36, 21-2, 1986 -- SB XVIII, 13598 (and p. 491) -- BL IX, 303 (l. 1; 12); N Gonis, ZPE 19, 147 (l. 11); BL XI, 224 (l. 11);	BL IX, 303 (l. 1; 12); N Gonis, ZPE 19, 147 (l. 11); BL XI, 224 (l. 11);