P.Mich.inv. 497 / Verso
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 497
- Processing Number
- 2365
- Section/Side
- Recto + Verso
- Image Side
- Verso
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto (written across the fibres) + Verso
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 29.9 x 23.5 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- Recto - 18;
- Verso - 2
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- Top left corner broken; the papyrus is torn extensively especially in the middle
- Palaeographic Description
- Recto written across the fibres; a clear, flowing Byzantine hand (Gilliam)
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- VIth century A.D.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Provenance
- Unknown
- Acquisition
- purchased in Egypt by B.P. Grenfell and F.W. Kelsey in March-April 1920
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Unknown woman
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Private Letter
- Content
- Letter sent apparently by a woman concerning the purchase of wool for herself and for another woman - she has had difficulty finding wool, and she asks for money to pay for it. Note that while the writer uses the feminine with the first person in the body of the text (l. 11), the address indicates that the letter came from a man, Hyakinthos - who could be a brother with whom she was staying
- Persons
- Patrikeia (Patricia);
- Apa Romanos;
- Theodote (sister of Philoxenos and of the writer);
- (unnamed) mother of Philoxenos;
- Philoxenos;
- Hyakinthos, brother of Philoxenos (and of the writer?)
- Geographica
- Terythis
- Translation
- I have taken the liberty of writing to your fraternity for purchase in advance, so that at my request you would purchase in advance a tremis' worth of wool for me and a solidus' worth for the lady Patricia who needs some. I heard her tell Apa Romanos, "Go to Terythis," and I asked her to let me go with him when he goes and she remembered to let me go with Apa Romanos. When he arrived there, we did not find it ready, but they gave us a fixed time for delivery to him on the following day. Since I still need a tremis' worth of wool and they agreed with me to bring me my one tremis' worth also, would your fraternity kindly send me one tremis from there, so that I may not be found wronging the villagers of Terythis. And with God's help, when I come to town I shall render an account to my master. Please receive six melons from the letter carrier without charge. Do not fail to send me a reply. Many greetings to you and obeisance to my brother. Do not be (annoyed?) that I write to you as a brother; the fact is that I write to you as my master. Many greetings to our common sister Theodote, and especially to your lady mother. Send me the little one and take care of . . .
- (Verso)
- Deliver to my sweetest brother Philoxenos . . . From his brother Hyakinthos.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2365
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections ZPE 17 Gignac FT 1975 10-14 SB XIV 11492 Gignac FT, ZPE 17, 10-14, 1975 -- SB XIV 11492
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 500
- Year End
- 599
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 6000 x 4353
- File Size
- 3 MB
- Record
- 2365
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2365/497v.tif
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- Manifest
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"P.Mich.inv. 497; Verso." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2365/497v.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.