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Title Privatbrief
Publications SB 8 9930
More in series SBMore in series SB, vol. 8
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries XI 211
Translations E.G. Turner, in: Festschrift F. Oertel, S. 33; Bagnall - Cribiore, Women's Letters (2008), B10.4, Nr. 272
Origin Memphis (?)
More from Memphis (?)
Material Papyrus
Date III
More from the period between 201 CE and 300 CE
Print Illustrations Festschrift F. Oertel, Tab. II
Subjects Brief (privat); Demetrus an Mel( ); Gebet; Nachrichten
Images http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2354...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 32001 [source]

Publications SB 8 9930 (Kiessling, Emil; 1967) = Studien Fr. Oertel p. 32 (Turner, Eric Gardner; 1964)
Inv. no. Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 4961
Date AD 200 - 299
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, L01 - Memphis[found & written]
People mentioned people

Catalog Record: michigan.apis.2354 [xml]

Title Private Letter
Author Demetrous
Summary Beginning of a private letter, with the rather uncommon invocation to the god Apis, which might point to a Memphite origin
Citations Turner EG, Studien zur Papyrologie und antiken Wirtschaftsgeschichte Friedrich Oertel zum achtzigsten Geburtstag gewidemt (Festschrift Oertel), 32-33, 1964, Pl. II -- SB VIII 9930 -- BL XI, 211 (l. 8)
SB.:8:9930
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 4961
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 7.5 x 8 cm
Condition Broken off at the bottom
Lines Recto - 10;;Verso - 1
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto + Verso
Hands A fair-sized rough cursive (Turner)
Origin Perhaps Memphis, Memphite nome, province of Egypt
More from Perhaps Memphis, Memphite nome, province of Egypt
Language Greek
Date IIIrd century A.D.
More from the period between 200 CE and 299 CE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Recto + Verso
Subjects Egyptian letters--Egypt--Memphis (Extinxt city); Fathers and sons--Egypt--Memphis (Extinct city); Apis (Egyptian deity); Intercessory prayer.; Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names Demetrous; Moros heniochos
Images Recto thumbnail
Images Recto medium
Images Recto large
Images Verso thumbnail
Images Verso medium
Images Verso large
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Citations

DDbDP transcription: sb.8.9930 [xml]

III spc Memphis?

r
Δημητροῦς̣ Μ̣ελ̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
τῷ υἱῷ μου πλεῖ-
στα χαίρειν. τὸ
προσκύνημά
5σου πουῶ(*) καθʼ ἑκά-
στην ἡμέραν πα-
ρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Ἄπιδι.
γράφω συ(*) οὖν ἵνα
εἰδῇς ἀπὸ τῆς πό-
10λεως τῇ πέμπτῃ
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] v
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]π(  ) Μόρου ὑνιώ̣χου(*)

Apparatus


^ r.5. l. ποιῶ
^ r.8. l. σοι
^ v.1. l. ἡνιόχου

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APIS Translation (English)

Demetrous to Mel[--](?) my son very many greetings. I make obeisance for you every day before my lord Apis. I write to you, therefore, that you may know that on the 5th [. . .] from the city [- - -]