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Catalog Record: michigan.apis.2170 [xml]

Title letter
Author Paul
Summary Defective and partly unintelligible letter of greeting from a certain Paul to his father, Aaron, and other persons, including women, connected with some community or place of the "Archangel".
Citations Worrell WH, PMich Coptic III, 16, 1942
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 4243
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 20 x 24 cm.
Condition A light-brown papyrus that is regularly cut at all sides except at the right. Four vertical folds still visible. (TC)
Lines 1-15
Recto/Verso Source of description: A; Recto + Verso
Hands Hand is similar to Stegemann, Taf. 12, cols. 3 & 4 of ca. 750 (?)
Origin unknown
More from unknown
Language Coptic
Date VIIIth century A.D.
More from the period between 700 CE and 799 CE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Recto (back) + Verso (front)
Note (related) -
Subjects -; Letter writing, Egyptian--Egypt.; Family--Egypt.; Christians--Egypt.; Papyrus; documentary
Associated Names Aaron; Maria; Viktor; Sibylla; Kopipre; Peter; Torsis; Paulos
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License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

"In the name of God. First of all things I enquire after my lords-apostles, doing homage to our lord the Archangel. I enquire after my beloved father, Aaron. I enquire . . . . . . . . . Maria, his mother. I enquire after Victor . . . . . . enquire after Sibylla (?) and her mother. I enquire . . . . . and his wife. I enquire after Koprire . . . . . mother. I enquire after Peter, my brother . . . . . . . . . . . my heart is afflicted because of Torsis . . . . . . your . . . . . . if God has given deliverance write me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . If you have done it (?) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . if . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . forgive it you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . till I come. And the master (inquires) after Victor, enquires after you (?) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the wafers. Greetings . . . . . . ."