P.Mich.inv. 1579 / Recto

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P.Mich.inv. 1579

Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 1579
Processing Number: 1477
Section/Side: Recto
Image Side: Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: Recto; Verso is blank
Material: Pap
Size: 5.7 x 8.1 cm
Items: 1
Lines: 13 lines
Mounted: Yes
Negative: No
Conservation Status: A medium-brown papyrus. A few letters from the middle of two columns. No margins are extant. At the intercolumniar space, at 2.2 cm. from the left edge, kollesis is visible.
Palaeographic Description: The hand is a medium-sized, rapid and semi cursive specimen, with letters 3 mm high. The small amount of text does not diverge from the tradtion. Thre are two breathing marks and a trema. The ink is black. The intercolumnation averages 2 cm.
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: (late) IIIrd century A.D.
Origin: Unknown
Provenance: Unknown
Acquisition: November 1924
Language: Greek
Genre: Literary; Epic
Author: Homer
Type of Text/Title of Work: Homeric papyrus (Iliad 8.229-239, 265-275)
Content: Homer, Iliad 8.229-239, 265-275
Subject Headings: Homer.--Iliad.--Book 8
Papyri.info Link: https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1477

Information on Publications

Publications: Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections

Homeric Papyri in the Michigan Collection (Diss.) Priest NE 1975 83-85, no 20 Priest NE, Homeric Papyri in the Michigan Collection (Diss.), 83-85, no 20, 1975 -- TAPA 88 (1957), 142-5 on Inv. 5579 incorrectly prints that it is Inv. 1579 TAPA 88 (1957), 142-5 on Inv. 5579 incorrectly prints that it is Inv. 1579

ZPE 46 Priest NE 1982 78-9 Priest NE, ZPE 46, 78-9, 1982

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography: Allen - Sutton - West p597; LDAB 1977; MP[3] 827.1

Cataloging

Cataloger: NL
Year Begin: 250
Year End: 299

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 3006 x 4725
File Size: 2 MB
Record: 1477
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1477/1579r.tif

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Full citation: "P.Mich.inv. 1579; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1477/1579r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2025.

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
Homeric Papyri in the Michigan Collection (Diss.)	Priest NE	1975	83-85, no 20	Priest NE, Homeric Papyri in the Michigan Collection (Diss.), 83-85, no 20, 1975 -- TAPA 88 (1957), 142-5 on Inv. 5579 incorrectly prints that it is Inv. 1579	TAPA 88 (1957), 142-5 on Inv. 5579 incorrectly prints that it is Inv. 1579
ZPE 46	Priest NE	1982	78-9	Priest NE, ZPE 46, 78-9, 1982