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P.Oslo II 49 (inv. 448)

Background and Physical Properties

Material:
Papyrus
Connections:
Size:
12.8 x 11.8 cm.
Lines:
Recto - 12;Verso - 2 (barely legible)
Publication side:
Recto; address on the Verso?
Palaeographic description:
The farewell-wish is written in a second handOn the verso, in a corner, there are traces of letters, rubbed off from another letter or document. Using a mirror one can read: Apollonio philt pleista:The Apollonios, mentioned in our letter, may just be the addressee
State of preservation:

Content

Date:
IInd century A.D.
Origin:
Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt
Language:
Greek
Genre:
Documentary
Author:
Serapion
Title / Type of text:
Private letter
Content:
Private letter from Serapion to Potamon, begging him to give information about the market situation in his district, as the one in the Oxyrhynchus area is getting worse every day.
Subjects:
Letter Market
Named people:
Serapion Potamon Apollonios
Named places:
Oxyrhynchite nome
English translation:
Serapion to his dearest Potamon, greeting. Above all I think it is necessary to greet you through a letter. I urge you, dear, to write to me about the market in your district (?). For the market in the Oxyrhynchos district is less favourable, since ordinances of scrupulous officials arrive every day. I greet all your family and your master Apollonios, the exceptional friend.Farewell.
Provenance:
Unknown place, province of Egypt
Acquisition:
Purchased 1923 through British Museum. Cf. the reports and the inventory list writen by H.I.Bell
Acquisition year:

Editions

  • Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo II, 1931, 49
    ▾ Corrections:
    • Preisendanz K, Philologische Wochenschrift 52 (1932) p. 232 (l. 7f.)Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo III (1936) p. 276 (date)

Further Literature

Discussions

  • Arzt-Grabner, P. (2023). Letters and Letter Writing. Brill Schöningh. On the formula πρὸ πάντων ἥγημαι δι' ἐπιστολῆς σε ἀσπάσασθαι ll. 3-4; see pp. 58-59 (cf. p. 118).

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