Letter [IV AD]APIScolumbia.apis.p1919(NNC)aaa5007p.col.11.2990094;11;299p.col;11;2993401834018Col. inv. 174bLetter to a woman about some sort of expensive garment delivered by a monk9 lines along the fibers; one line with the address on the backLarge letters without many ligatures written with a thick pen with some unevennessUncertain relationship between sender and recipient because the woman is addressed as "master"In Greek1 papyrus fragment ; 10.5 x 7 cm300 CE – 399 CE
Purchased by Columbia University from M. Nahman through H.I. Bell, in 1924; no. 38 in Bell's inventory
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishIn GreekChristian letterPapyri
(Recto) To my mistress and most honored sister (?) . . . Before all else I pray to the all-merciful God for your health, for this concerns me more than anything. Just as you wrote to me about the paragaution, the monk has brought this to me and I have sent it to you for . . . Verso) To my lady and sister . . .