Procccdings of lhe 20,h Intcrnatiollal Congrcss of Papyrologisls, Copenhagcn, 23-29 AlIgust 1992, Collcctcd by A. BÜlow-JacobsclI. Muscum Tusculallulll Prcss, Copcnhagcn 199'+. MORE ON MUMMIFICATION'?: P.MICH. INV. 3724 REVISED* Juan Chapa In 'Bernerkungen zu Papyri III <Korr. Tyche>', Tyche 5 (1990) pp. 179-80, K.A. Worp proposes sorne corrections to a private letter (P.Mich. inv. 3724), published by P.J. Sijpesteijn in Miscel-lania Papirológica Ramoll Roca-Puíg, Barcelona 1987, pp. 313-316, and conc1udes saying that 'der Brief kann ein rnehr offizieller Kondolenzbrief sein' (p.180). The following lines airn to discuss to what extent this rnay be possible or whether the letter is a request for sorne rnaterials and personal goods, perhaps in relation to sorne funerary activities. 1 P.Mich.inv. 3724, (9.8 x 10.5 cm.) is described by the editor as a rnediurn brown papyrus irregularly broken off at the lOp, but fairly regularly on the other sides. lts provenance is unknown. Ed.pr. ascribes it to the 3rd cent. and reads it as follows: TIi!> Kupíql ¡J.ou • Elp!J.TI[nl ti!> ma- "dPll Ko[repfle Xaílpt v· mpol lreáv-l "drolv [EüX0!J.aí eEI úiÉv! t vI Kal "do repoc-J KúvTl¡.úá eou reOtlc9 Kat' [É.IKáctllv 5 reapa tOle rea:dplole Owle. OtO O;)V IEylpa'l'á eu áAAOtE rctPl tou yEva!J.avlou reÉvtouc reáv- trov á.i yKE toU Emqátou !J.ou • OtO O;)V 10 !J.EVOC EvEKÉ !J.Ol PTltÍvllv Kal e¡pa- tÍa Eic EpyástV Kal tO taAáptOv, " l' , O tlreEV eu. traces In margine sinistra: EVEKÉ !J.Ol úreoorl¡J.ata. Verso: 16 [Korepflcl' ap!J.lfltt reatpí. a1tÓOOe (design) • Ep!J.fltt areo K01tpÉc. 1. Elp!J.T¡[n: ¡J. e corr.(o?) 2 1. xaílpEtv 3 l. úytat VEt v 5 L reatp<.Í>Ote 6 1. eOl 7 1. névOouc 8 1. eVEKE 10 1. EVtyKE !J.Ol e ¡J.u 10-11 1. ereaOta 11 1. € pyáSEtv 12 1. eOt 15 1. € VtyKE 18 l. KorepÉouc Translation (ed.pr.): ... I wish to acknowledge my indebledness and gralÍtude lo Dr. John R. Réa for his helpful suggestions and criticismo