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Title Letter
Author Paniske
Summary Letter from Paniske to her godfather Apa Philoxe, explaining her and her children���s suffering in the place where she was working, and that she was in prison as well, asking him to take care of her children.
Citations Schenke H-M, Journal Coptic Studies 1, 59-72, 1990, Pl 7
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 525
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 9.6 x 22.8 cm
Condition The papyrus has the left, top and lower margins. Regularly cut at top. It was vertically folded at least twice. It is damaged at the bottom and almost one line has been lost as a result of that. (MA)
Lines 1-22
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto
Origin Unknown
More from Unknown
Language Coptic
Date (End) IVth or (beginning) Vth century. A.D.
More from the period between 350 CE and 400 CE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Recto; Verso is blank
Subjects Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names Paniske; Apa Philoxe
Images Recto medium
Images Recto large
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

Paniske writes to my father Apa Philoxe, beloved, in the Lord God. You know the distress that happened. I go often with my children to sleep without having eaten; while I service the local place, a great fact happened. I was fettered and imprisoned deceitfully. Only if I give security I shall be set free. A great act happened. You see then with help of God you are always found. You could do something not for man, but for God. You are our relative. If you agree, I entrust you my children, then you will take care of them. Farewell in the Lord God.