Catalog Record: michigan.apis.4949 [xml]
Title | Letter |
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Author | Unknown |
Citations | |
Inv. Id | P.Mich.Inv. 391 |
Support/Dimensions | 1 papyrus ; 5.8 x 20.4 cm |
Condition | Only the upper margin is preserved in this light brown papyrus. It is broken off at the middle and lost the lower part to the right side as a result to perpendicular fold; the papyrus was also folded horizontally at the middle. Fibers at the left side are frayed and misaligned. |
Lines | 21 |
Recto/Verso | Source of description: b; recto |
Hands | Written along the fibers in small sized cursive and ligatured letters. The hand is rapid but skilled. The scribe dipped his pen before starting write the text. The scribe tends to end his final letters with long horizontal stroke such as sigma. Another characteristic letters distinguish his style such as the long leg of ru and the wide angel of the upsilon. Some abbreviations have been used. There is a wide blank space (of about 4 cm.) between the body of the text and the endorsement. |
Origin | Unknown |
Language | Greek |
Date | (Late) IIIrd century A.D. |
Note (general) | Location: Ann Arbor |
Subjects | Documentary; Papyrus |
License | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
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