P.Mich.inv. 5404
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 5404
- Processing Number
- 2458
- Section/Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso described
- Connections
- Found with the archive of Claudius Tiberianus (& family), but not part of it?
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 12 X 22.8 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- Recto - 35 + 2 in left margin
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- badly damaged, particularly along the 5 folds; the verso contains faint and illegible traces of the address
- Palaeographic Description
- See electronic version of PMich VIII, 510
- Status
- published
- Library
- Cairo
Contents
- Date
- IInd century/IIIrd A.D.
- Origin
- Unknown place, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- 28-B167D2-P
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Taeis[---]
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Private Letter
- Content
- Fragmentary letter from Taeis[...] to her son
- Persons
- Taeis[---];
- her son [---];
- his (unnamed) father;
- his (unnamed) sister (& children);
- Sempronius, (brother of?);
- Nemesous;
- Taseus;
- Nephotianos (Nepotianus);
- Serenus(?)
- Geographica
- Alexandria
- Translation
- (12 lines too damaged to be translated) . . . since there have been many deaths in Alexandria. Just as you were my guide while you were with me, now again you guide me although you are absent. I want you to know that we are carrying out fertilization of the dates that are in the orchard. If Taseus follows my instructions, she shall also receive from me a basket of . . . . I have paid all the public dues, thanks to you. The little papyrus that you told me not to give to anyone, I did not give; you yourself, I said, will give it . . . . (12 more lines damaged)
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2458
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich VIII Winter JG-Youtie HC 1951 510 Winter JG-Youtie HC, PMich VIII, 510, 1951
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- D. Hagedorn, ZPE 125 (1999) p. 215-216
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 100
- Year End
- 199
Technical Details
- Record
- 2458
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2458/1
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