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P.Oslo III 148 (inv. 571)

Background and Physical Properties

Material:
Papyrus
Connections:
Size:
8.5 x 13.5 cm.
Lines:
Recto: 15;Verso: 1
Publication side:
Recto; Verso address?
Palaeographic description:
State of preservation:
Fragmented, the top part is lost

Content

Date:
IInd/Ist century B.C.
Origin:
Unknown place, province of Egypt
Language:
Greek
Genre:
Documentary
Author:
Title / Type of text:
Private letter
Content:
Letter from a person (a Christian?) urging the addressee not to reject a supplication.
Subjects:
Letter Supplication
Named people:
Ptolemaios Apollophanes
Named places:
English translation:
....showing brotherly conduct. If we are saved thanks to divine providence, you will then experience a human being's (intention/heart?) towards another human being. Although I am aware that you do not need any exhortation because you are of a different opinion and have considered the matter fully - and on the whole I should not attempt to state my opinion at greater length to one who is himself able to exhort others - still I adjure you not to reject this supplication, but to come along with Ptolemaios and Apollophanes (in order to save?) me from (NN?). Keep in good health! (Year x, month) 11th.""Verso:Uncertain note.
Provenance:
Probably Oxyrhynchos, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition:
Purchased by Leiv Amundsen on April 5, 1928 from Ali Mahmud, Behnasa
Acquisition year:

Editions

  • Eitrem S-Amundsen-L, P.Oslo III, 1936, 148

Further Literature

Discussions

  • Arzt-Grabner, P. (2023). Letters and Letter Writing. Brill Schöningh. On the use of forms of οἶδα in transitional disclosure formula, comparing ll. 6-13 to Paul's Epistle to Philemon 21; see p. 137.

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