P.Mich.inv. 5400

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 5400

Processing Number

2454

Section/Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso described

Connections

archive of Claudius Tiberianus

Material

Pap

Size

17 X 32.6 cm

Items

6

Lines

Main fragment - 48

Fragment a - 10

Fragment b - 10

Mounted

No

Negative

No

Negative in Copenhagen

yes (+ verso)

Conservation Status

badly broken: consists of six fragments, of which two could not be placed; illegible remnants of an address are visible on the verso

Palaeographic Description

See electronic version of PMich VIII, 478

Status

published

Library

Cairo

Contents

Date

(Early) IInd century A.D.

Origin

probably Alexandria, province of Egypt

Provenance

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition

28-B167D2-L

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

[Claudius Terentianus(?)]

Type of Text/Title of Work

Private Letter

Content

Letter from Claudius Terentianus(?) to his father(?) Claudius Tiberianus, explaining that he has recovered from his grave illness and that there has been some violent disturbance in Alexandria

Subject Headings

Army

Health

Law

Citizenship--Rome.

Religion

Violence (Jewish revolt?)

Soldiers--Rome.

Persons

[Claudius Terentianus (see P. Mich. VIII, 467-481 introd.);]

[his father(?) Claudius] Tiberianus (see P. Mich. VIII, 467-481 introd.);

Am[---]

Geographica

Neapolis

Translation

[Claudius Terentianus(?) to Claudius] Tiberianus, [his father and lord, very many] greetings. Before all else [I pray for your] health, [which is my] wish. I myself am in good health and make obeisance for you daily in the presence of our lord Sarapis [and the] gods who share his temple. I want you to know that although [I was ordered] to go out on duty in your absence I was [altogether] unable to go down to Neapolis(?). For it was at that time that . . . so violent an attack of illness, and [I was unable] for five days to write to you anything, [not to speak] of going up to you. Nor was any one of us able to pass the camp(?) gate. I give thanks [to the god] that after the five days . . . so great a disturbance(?), in which is was wounded, . . . he found the [transgressors] of the laws . . . . I have recovered from my illness, and I am the more [grateful to you] for coming down . . . .

(remnants of 30 more lines)

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2454

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich VIII	Winter JG-Youtie HC	1951	478	Winter JG-Youtie HC, PMich VIII, 478, 1951 -- BL IV, 55 (on origin of the text); BL VII, 111 (bibliography); BL IX, 161 (bibliography)	BL IV, 55 (on origin of the text); BL VII, 111 (bibliography); BL IX, 161 (bibliography)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

G.B. Pighi, Lettere latine d'un soldato di Traiano (Bologna, 1964) p. 79-82; R.W. Davies, BASP 10 (1973) p. 21-25; G. Calboli, Latin vulgaire - latin tardif II. Actes du IIe Colloque international sur le latin vulgaire et tardif (Tuebingen, 1990) p. 23-44.

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

100

Year End

199

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Record

2454

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2454/1 content_copy