Current Edition: DDbDP 32546 (P.Wisc. 2 74); TM 32546

HGV: P.Wisc. 2 74 sourcexml

Title Letter from Cyra and Aia to Apynochius
Publications P.Wisc. 2 74
More in series P.Wisc.
More in series P.Wisc., vol. 2
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries BL-online; VII 282; VIII 512; XI 291; XIII 264; 12; Konk. I 269
Translations Bagnall - Cribiore, Women's Letters (2006), S. 387; Bagnall - Cribiore, Women's Letters (2008), B11.3, Nr. 277
Origin unbekannt
More from unbekannt
Material Papyrus
Date 2. Hälfte IV
More from the period between 351 CE and 400 CE
Commentary Zur Datierung vgl. BL XI, S. 291.
Print Illustrations Plate XXIX; Boswinkel - Sijpesteijn, Greek Papyri, 36
Subjects Brief (privat); Kyra und Aia an Aphynchios; Tod der Mutter; Bitte um Besuch und um Hilfe
Images https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-5434...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 32546 source

Publications P. Wisc. 2 74 (Sijpesteijn, Pieter J.) 1977, Bagnall / Cribiore, Women's letters p. 387-388 (Bagnall, Roger S. / Cribiore, Raffaella) 2006
Inv. No. Madison, University of Wisconsin 71
Date AD 350
Provenance Egypt [found & written]

APIS: wisconsin.apis.5434xml

Title Letter from Kyra and Aia
Author Kyra and Aia
Citations GHR Horsley, New Documents illustarting early Christianity [Papyri 1977], no 103 Sijpesteijn PJ , PWisc II, 74, 1977, Plate XXIX -- BL VII, 282 (line 16); BL XI, 291 (dating in A.D. 350-400) Boswinkel - Sijpesteijn, Greek Papyri, pl. 36
P.Wisc.:2:74
Inv. Id P.Wisc. inv. 71
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 26 x 17 cm
Condition A medium-brown papyrus, regularly cut off at all sides. The papyrus is mutilated at the four vertical folds. There are ink traces (no letters) across the fibers on the verso.
Lines recto: 21 lines; verso: 2 lines
Recto/Verso Source of description: recto-verso
Hands There is a margin of approximately 4 cm at the bottom. Hardly any space has been left free at the top and at the left-hand side. At the right-hand side the lines run up to the edge. The text on either side runs along the fibers. Four vertical folds are still visible. The hand is an unskilled one writing large letters. There is a kollema at 1 to 1.5 cm. from the right-hand side.
Origin Unknown
More from Unknown
Language Greek
Date 350-400 A.D.
More from the period between 350 CE and 400 CE
Note (general) Location: Department of Special Collections; Memorial Library; Madison; Wisconsin
Note (general) Pub. status: recto-verso
Subjects Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names Kyra; Aia; Aphynchis; Martyrios
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License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

DDbDP 32546 (P.Wisc. 2 74) xml

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1κυρίῳ μου ἀ[δ]ελφῶι Ἀφυγχίωι
2Κυρας καὶ Αἴας πλεῖστα χαίρειν.
3πάντα ὑπερθέμενος ἐκσαυτῆς ἀπάντησων
4πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐπιδὴ ἡ μήτηρ ἡμῶν ἀπε̣γένετο
5καὶ πάνοι χρίαν ἔχω.ι\μεν/ τῇ παρουσίᾳ σου. μὴ θε-
6λήσῃς οὖν παραμῖναι παρά σοι τοῦ σαι ἀπαντῆ-
7σαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ ἀπολέσωμεν τὴν
8οἰκίαν ἡμῶν̣. ο̣ἶ̣δ̣ας γὰρ καὶ σωι ὅτι οὐδὲν δυνά-
9μεθε ποιῆσαι [. ca.15.] τὴν παρουσίαν
10[σ]ου. τούτου γὰρ χάρι̣ν̣ κ̣α̣ὶ̣ τὸν ἀδελφὼν ἡμῶν̣
11Μαρτύριον ἀπεστίλαμεν εἵνα σὺν αὐτῷ
12ἐκσαυτῆς ἀπαντήσῃς πρὸς ὑμᾶς. χάρις
13γὰρ αὐτῷ πλιστην ὅτι των σκυλμὼν πεποίηκεν
14πρός σαι ὑμῶν παρεχωντος αὐτοῦ των μισ-
15θών. ἀσπάζωμεν τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἡμῶν τὴν
16ἐλευθέρα σου καὶ τἀβάσκατα αὐτῆς παιδία
17καὶ τοὺς ὑμῶν πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα. ἐρρῶσ-
18θαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς
19χρόνοις, κύριε ἡμῶν ἀδελφαί.
20μὴ θέλῃς ἀμαιλῆσαι καὶ ὕστερα μεταμελή̣σ̣ῃς
21ἐκσαυτῆς ἀπάντησων εἵνα πάντα τυπώσῃς.

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22ἀπ(όδος) τῷ κυρίῳ {μου} ἡμῶν ἀδελφῷ Ἀφυχίῳ
23π(αρὰ) Κύρα[ς] καὶ Ἀίας̣.

History

  • 2024-03-08T05:38:27-05:00 [ngonis]: Finalized - done
  • 2024-02-08T13:13:48-05:00 [costasbala]: General - I absolutely agree. Ἀδελφὸν in l. 10 is a typo, I didn't notice. For Ἀφυχίω on the verso, of course N. Gonis is right. I think he should be credited for the observation on the gamma. For ωι, I don't insist. This peculiar way to write omegas, seemingly resembling or originating from an original ωι, is found in other πpapyri too. So, please disregard my note. For μεταμελήσῃς in l. 20, I'll send you an edited image to show how I see sigma, which I think is there. There is a correction by the scribe, even a possible μεταμελί̣σῃς. I think I was too fixated on seeing an eta.
  • 2024-02-08T10:39:01-05:00 [simoeis]: Vote - Accept-Straight-to-Finalization - The ed.pr. has ἀδελφὼν, not ἀδελφὸν in line 10, thus Balamoshev's reading should not really be a PN correction, though the |reg| is needed. I'm not entirely convinced of the iota adscript on the verso (if there, then also on the preceding ἀδελφῷ?), but the discrepancy with the ed.pr., which has Ἀφυγχίῳ, seems to (or should) revolve around the gamma (see Gonis's remarks).
  • 2024-01-14T15:45:38-05:00 [ngonis]: Vote - AcceptText - The new readings in lines 9 and 10 are fine. In lin19, μεταμελή̣σῃς carries a lot of conviction; I cannot rule out that sigma was omitted by mistake. Something only for the apparatus (at best). In lin22 I suppose the new reading is Ἀφυχίωι, replacing ed.'s Ἀφυγχίωι; |reg| needed in that case. In lin16, add accents to the irregular readings.
  • 2024-01-14T13:43:33-05:00 [costasbala]: Submit - Corrections and BL 7 integration.
  • 2024-01-14T13:42:39-05:00 [costasbala]: Commit - Corrections: l. 8-9 δυνά|μεθα => δυνάμεθε (l. δυνάμεθα); l. 10 ἀδελφὸν => ἀδελφὼν (l. ἀδελφὸν); l. 20 μεταμεληῃς (l. μεταμελήσῃς) => μεταμελή̣σῃς; l. 22 Ἀφυγχίῳ => Ἀφυγχίωι. In line 16, I've used a joint ταβασκατα (reg. to τὰ ἀβάσκαντα) instead of the angle brackets < >, which give a false impression of the author's intention. In fact, it should be τ᾽ἀβάσκατα (l. τ᾽ ἀβάσκαντα) or τἀβάσκατα (l. τἀβάσκαντα). This is a general phenomenon of how texts are printed. I've also noticed the same with the final sigma-initial sigma cases. In l. 16 a BL 7 correction: Ἐλευθερα => ἐλευθέρα.
  • 2024-01-14T13:40:49-05:00 [costasbala]: Commit - Corrections: l. 8-9 δυνά|μεθα => δυνάμεθε (l. δυνάμεθα); l. 10 ἀδελφὸν => ἀδελφὼν (l. ἀδελφὸν); l. 20 μεταμεληῃς (l. μεταμελήσῃς) => μεταμελή̣σῃς; l. 22 Ἀφυγχίῳ => Ἀφυγχίωι. In line 16, I've used a joint ταβασκατα (reg. to τὰ ἀβάσκαντα) instead of the angle brackets < >, which give a false impression of the author's intention. In fact, it should be τ᾽ἀβάσκατα (l. τ᾽ ἀβάσκαντα) or τἀβάσκατα (l. τἀβάσκαντα). This is a general phenomenon of how texts are printed. I've also noticed the same with the final sigma-initial sigma cases.

  • 2011-12-14 [gabrielbodard]: rationalized languages in langUsage
  • 2011-12-14 [gabrielbodard]: changed editor names to URIs
  • 2011-12-13 [Faith]: Automatic insertion of lb tags into origs to match existing lb tags in the reg
  • 2011-10-31 [gabrielbodard]: changed type=inWord to break=no
  • 2011-10-21 [Faith]: Second automated transfer of accents across reg-orig pairs
  • 2011-10-04 [Faith]: Automatically updated revision description
  • 2011-09-20 [Faith]: Automated transfer of accents across reg-orig pairs
  • 2011-08-25 [gabrielbodard]: moved linebreak and missing characters into reg
  • 2011-03-02 [gabrielbodard]: batch converted all tei:sic to tei:orig and tei:corr to tei:reg
  • 2010-05-05 [gabrielbodard]: changed schema; added xml:space=preserve; indented; changed sic to surplus; moved title/@n to idno
  • 2009-11-12 [gabrielbodard]: Added language la-Grek
  • 2009-06-27 [gabrielbodard]: Converted from TEI P4 (EpiDoc DTD v. 6) to P5 (EpiDoc RNG schema)
  • 2008-12-23 [papyri.info]: Automated split from transcoder files

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32546-1 Translation (English) xml

Cyra and Aia to their lord and brother Apynchios, very many greetings. Put all things aside and come immediately to us because our mother has died and we badly need your presence. Therefore, please, do not stay at your place but come to us or we shall ruin our household. You yourself know that we cannot do anything (without you. Eagerly we wait) your presence. For that reason we have also sent our brother Martyrios so that you may come immediately to us with him. We must be very grateful to him because he undertook the trouble of the journey to you although we paid the expenses. We greet our sister, your wife, and her children -may the evil eye not touch them - and through many years. Do not neglect it and feel repentance afterwards. Come immediately to us so that you may arrange everything.;verso: Deliver to our lord and brother Aphynchios from Kyra and Aia.