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Catalog Record: michigan.apis.2969 [xml]

Title letter
Author Taurinos
Summary Taurinos writes to his "father" of his prosperity, evidenced by the great quantity of fruit and wine sent to the drying place, and invites him to come visit him. The drying place was used for drying fruit and fermenting wine. Verso b was written before verso a and has no apparent relation to it or to recto. It is probably the beginning of a long letter, to judge from the size of the characters, from which a small strip was torn for the reception of recto.
Citations Husselman EM-Worrell WH, PMich Coptic III, 7, 1942, Pl V
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 6865
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 33 X 9 cm.
Condition Text on recto complete; text b on verso (verso b) is cut off at the bottom; regularly cut off at all sides. (TC) Verso b breaks off at the end of line 6, and a small strip was torn off.
Lines 1-14
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto + Verso
Hands Recto and verso are similar to Stegemann, Taf. 9, especially BM Or. (ca. 620), but more slanting, regular and beautiful. Verso b is similar to recto, but very large. Verso a has the usual space in the center of the address.
Origin unknown
More from unknown
Language Coptic
Date VIth century A.D.
More from the period between 500 CE and 599 CE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Recto + Verso
Note (related) -
Subjects -; Letter writing, Coptic--Egypt.; Christians--Egypt.; Measures and weights, Ancient.; Shepherds--Egypt.; Fruit growers--Egypt.; Wine and wine making--Egypt.; Papyrus; documentary
Associated Names Taurinos; Shenouti
Images Recto thumbnail
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License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

(Recto): "Before the discourse I greet in the Lord your Paternity, honored in every way. But I inform you that, if God will, may your mind be set at rest, for God has sent his blessings to us. See, eighteen hundred pots we have sent to the drying place aside from our expenses and the workmen. And see, a hundred score of fruit and four score of other (fruit) I have sent, and eight lilohe of grapes and eight lahe of strained wine. And be so good, if possible do not remain away from us, for your face and your discourse excel that of us all. Salvarion in the Lord!";(Verso a): "Give it to my dear, honored father X the great man. From Taurinos the least.";(Verso b): "This day, Hathyr 27, the most God-fearing brother Paul, of the service, gave me certain writings, which are those of your Paternity, in which you order, with signature, that I should take the sheep in the possession of the brother Shenouti, and give them to him. And, according to your command, behold I have given them to this very day. But I seek and . . ."