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Author Phoibammon, Theognostos, Isaak, and Germanus
Summary A group of persons writes to another group, members of a garrison, perhaps in Esne, sending many greetings and metioning several matters of business, not satisfactorily understood.
Citations Husselman EM-Worrell WH, PMich Coptic III, 6, 1942, Pl V
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 4552
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 15 x 30 cm.
Condition This medium-brown papyrus is regularly cut at all sides with minor pieces of papyrus broken at the left, the top, and at the bottom. (TC)
Lines 1-29
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto
Hands Hand is similar to BMC no. 1224; Stegemann, taf. 7, col. 3
Origin unknown
More from unknown
Language Coptic
Date IVth-VIth century A.D.
More from the period between 300 CE and 599 CE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Recto; Verso preserves an address design
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Subjects Mena;;Esne; Letter writing, Coptic--Egypt.; Christians--Egypt.; Famillies of military personnel--Egypt.; Diseases--Egypt.; Garrisons--Egypt.; Mediation--Egypt.; Papyrus; documentary
Associated Names Phoibammon (cf. P. Mich. Copt III 5); Theognostos; Isaak; Germanus; Apa Bane (cf. P. Mich. Copt III 5); Apollo; Phib; Loulou; Joseph; Jakob; Pisenthios; Collouthos; Peter, son of John
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License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

"Phoibammon and Theognostos and Isaak and Germanus, writing and enquiring after their brother Apa Bane. Before everything we enquire after your Brotherhood much. And we enquire after Apollo the brother of Phib, and Loulou. And Joseph the bowmakerenquires after you. And we enquire after the chief officer and the whole garrison according to their names. And we enquire after Jakob. And say to your father: It is my lot to have become ill. And if you accept the intercession we shall exchange you. And Apa Bane: Inasmuch as you wrote us that we . . . . . . . . . Pisenthius. Now we sought and we found that . . . . . . . is Mena, he is, the son of Kollouthos . . . . . . . we know that in a little while soldiers . . . . . . . . . . in the business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the business. And they brought to us as a blessing the news that you are in Esne, that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . that Bane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . And Peter the son of John enquires after you much. The friends of all of them enquire after you according to their names, God being your eye for us, (that all may be) well with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . accepts the intercession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . we knew that yours is the . . . . . . . . And see, the bow: We have given to Joseph its settlement nicely. We have given it to the soldiers that they may go to you. And . . . . . . . . . . my power I send . . . . . . Salvation in the Lord, God watching over you that you may come to me with good and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."