P.Mich.inv. 11 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 11
- Processing Number
- 1317
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 13 x 10.5 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 18
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- Broken off at the left and bottom
- Palaeographic Description
- A large, well-formed uncial of fine appearance; corrections by a second hand (Winter). Accents; apostrophe; interpunctio
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- (Early) IInd century A.D.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Provenance
- Unknown
- Acquisition
- purchased in Egypt by B.P. Grenfell and F.W. Kelsey in March-April 1920
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Literary: Epic
- Author
- Unknown
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Epic Fragment
- Content
- Epic fragment, apparently about thehappiness enjoyed by certain nymphs and divinities (Apollo, Hera) in a world of blossoms and the warmth of returning spring. The verses have been attributed to Hesiod (Winter) and Simias of Rhodes (Merkelbach)
- Translation
- [- - -] the earth bears flourishing [trees]
- [- - - whose] divine fragrance is wafted
- [- - -] abroad from the holy, many-ridged [Olympus]
- [- - - in the precinct] of far-darting Apollo
- [- - -] wedded to Achelous
- [- - - Boreas] and Notus at the ends of the earth
- [- - - for whom destiny] puts an end for a time to their glorious youth
- [- - - but when] Notus [casts] his warmth abroad and cold departs
- [- - -] veiled [women], but back to the earth
- [- - -] but then the pure mothers
- [- - -] shake their fair tresses
- [- - -] the nymphs clad in shining raiment
- [- - - came] to tender-browed Hippothoe
- [- - -] and Hera of the golden sandals
- [- - - grandsons] in the starry heaven
- [- - - and as the gods who live] with a heart free from care
- [- - - Poseidon] the shaker of earth, the ruler of deep
- [- - -] kindly Amphitrite
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1317
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections TAPA 53 Winter JG 1922 133-136 Pl. II Winter JG, TAPA 53, 133-136, 1922, Pl. II PMich III Winter JG 1936 139 Pl. IIa Winter JG, PMich III, 139, 1936, Pl. IIa
Information on Publications--Further Republications
- Further Republications
- Rep Editor - Lloyd-Jones H - Parsons P; Rep Ser. - Suppl.Hell.; 1983; Pg._No. 906
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- A. Koerte, Archiv 8 (1927) p. 251-254; J.U. Powell, New Chapters in the History of Greek Literature 2 (Oxford, 1929) p. 196-197; J.G. Winter, Life and Letters in the Papyri (Ann Arbor, 1933) p. 198-199; R. Merkelbach, Aegyptus 31 (1951) p. 257-260; A. Traversa, Hesiodi Catalogi sive Eoearum Fragmenta (Napoli, 1951) p. 130-131; Pack[2] 1458; LDAB 3912
Availability/System Requirements
- Time to Scan
- 7
- Scanner Initials
- CT
- Date Scanned
- 6/19/1996
- Institution
- sr
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 100
- Year End
- 199
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2320 x 2581
- File Size
- 797 KB
- Record
- 1317
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1317/11r.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 11; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1317/11r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.