OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

6.6 x 3.8 cm.

Lines:

5

Publication side:

Recto, the Verso is blank

Palaeographic description:

–

State of preservation:

Light brown papyrus, top margin 1 cm, left margin 1 1/2 cm. Broken off at the right side, and breaks off at bottom.

Content

Date:

IInd century A.D.

Origin:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Documentary

Author:

Sarapion

Title / Type of text:

Invitation to a Sarapis-meal

Content:

Sarapion sends an invitation to a Sarapis-meal at his own house.

Subjects:

Letter Invitation Banquet

Named people:

Sarapion Sarapis, god

Named places:

–

English translation:

Sarapion, ex-gymnasiarch, requests you to dine at his house on the occasion of the lectisternium of the Lord Sarapis to-morrow, which is the 15th, at the 8th hour.

Provenance:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased from prof. Carl Schmidt, Berlin. Sept.12./Oct.26, 1933

Acquisition year:

–

Editions

• Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo III, 1936, 157, picture: Plate XIIc

Further Literature

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