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Saturnila and her sons (’Happy family’)

TM Arch id: 212

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Greek

private: family correspondence

Found in: 00a - Karanis (Kom Aushim)

AD02

Also called archive of Saturnila; Satornila; Happy Family; Sempronius

Protagonist: Satornila is the mother of five sons, Roman citizens. One of them, Sempronius, writes her several letters from Alexandria. A family tree is given by Barrenechea, BASP 38 (2001), p. 34 (Go to TM People)

Description: Affectionate private letters from Sempronius to his mother Satornila and other family members.

Publication: P. Heid. 7 400; P. Mich. 3 206; 209; 15 751-752

Studies: Bell, Festschrift Wilhelm Schubart, 1950, p. 38-47; Sijpesteijn, ZPE 21 (1976) p. 169-181; Rowlandson (ed.), Women and society in Greek and Roman Egypt, 1998, p. 143-147; Barrenechea, A new document from the Sempronius dossier: A letter from Maximus, BASP 38 (2001), p. 21-34

Lists: Montevecchi, La papirologia, 1988, p. 577 no. 16

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TM number	Publication	Status	Material	Language	Date

TM 26689	P. Wisc. 2 84	certain	papyrus	Greek	AD 175 - 199
TM 28795	P. Mich. 3 206	certain	papyrus	Greek	AD 175 - 199 about (cf. the range of the archive; HGV: AD 100-199)
TM 28798	P. Mich. 3 209	certain	papyrus	Greek	AD 175 - 199 about (cf. the range of the archive; HGV: AD 175-225)
TM 28820	P. Mich. 15 751	certain	papyrus	Greek	AD 175 - 199
TM 28821	P. Mich. 15 752	certain	papyrus	Greek	a: AD 175 - 199 b: AD 175 - 199