P.Mich.inv. 3785 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 3785
Processing Number
2111
Section/Side
Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso is blank
Connections
-
Material
Pap
Size
6.7 x 18 cm.
Items
1
Lines
1-16
Mounted
No
Negative
No
Conservation Status
A light-brown papyrus regularly cut off at the right side and partly at the left side. It is also regularly broken off at the top and partly at the bottom. Three vertical folds are still visible.
Palaeographic Description
A free margin of approx. 1 cm. free at the right side. (TC)
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
IVth/Yth 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
In the preserved part of this letter the writer asks the unknown addressee to send (or have sent) some people for the use of the church of Phoibammon and to hand over to a certain Phoibammon, an assistant, one gold solidus.
Persons
Phoibammon
Geographica
Village of Petne
Translation
". . . so that . . . to bring them in the village Petne for the use of the holy church of Phoibammon. Please, provide the one gold solidus to Phoibammon, the symmachos, and also send word to Theodoros."

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
Aegyptus 66 Sijpesteijn PJ 1986 75-6 SB XVIII 13110 Sijpesteijn PJ, Aegyptus 66, 75-6, 1986 -- SB XVIII 13110 -- BL XI, 223 (l. 9, 11, 13, 14, 15); BL XI, 223 (l. 9, 11, 13, 14, 15);

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
N. Gonis, ZPE 119 (1997) p. 145-146

Cataloging

Cataloger
TC
Year Begin
300
Year End
499

Technical Details

Image Size
2962 x 4782
File Size
2 MB
Record
2111
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2111/3785r.tif

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"P.Mich.inv. 3785; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2111/3785r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2025.
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