P.Mich.inv. 4394
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 4394
- Processing Number
- 2202
- Section/Side
- A; Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 13.4 x 8.6 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 7
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- broken off at the bottom; much damaged on the left side
- Status
- published
- Library
- Cairo
Contents
- Date
- IInd century or Ist century B.C.
- Origin
- Unknown place, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
- Acquisition
- 25-248A
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Unknown dancer
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Letter from a Dancer
- Content
- Beginning of a Ptolemaic letter or hypomnema, consisting almost entirely of polite phrases, written by a dancer perhaps belonging to the priests of the cat goddess Boubastis
- Persons
- (Unnamed) somphis;
- (unnamed) basileis
- Geographica
- -
- Translation
- To my lord, from your(?) dancer. I pray to all gods that they may give you health and good fortune and ever greater success with the kings, may they give you favour and standing and success; and may the goddess Boubastis give you health - - -
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2202
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections Archiv 41 Clarysse W-Sijpesteijn PJ 1995 56-61 pl. 23 SB XXII, 15324 Clarysse W-Sijpesteijn PJ, Archiv 41, 56-61, 1995, pl. 23 -- SB XXII, 15324
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- -199
- Year End
- -1
Technical Details
- Record
- 2202
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2202/1
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"P.Mich.inv. 4394." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2202/1. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.