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
Contents
- 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
- Image Size
- 6164 x 4480
- File Size
- 4 MB
- Record
- 2096
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2096/3763v.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 3763; Verso." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2096/3763v.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2025.