P.Mich.inv. 1591 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 1591
- Processing Number
- 1483
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 8.5 x 12.3 cm
- Items
- 2
- Lines
- Col. I - 17;
- col. II - fragment A: 15; fragment B: 11
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- broken off at the top, left, right, and bottom
- Palaeographic Description
- The professional character of the writing together with the evenness of the lines and the seeming absence of spelling mistakes are evidence of a painstaking, experienced scribe. Small, rather formal book hand, employing decorative finials on a number of latters. Punctuation (high stops in I, 5; II, 14; paragraphi (II, 3-4; 9-10; 20-21). (Renner)
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- Later Ist - IInd century A.D.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Provenance
- Unknown
- Acquisition
- Purchased in Nowember 1924
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Literary: geographical
- Author
- Polybius (?)
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Geography
- Content
- Fragment of a geography of the Aeolian Islands (col. I) and of Sicily (col. II), mentioning also Kyme in Campania (Italy); it combined mythological geography (in part. the geography of the Odyssey) and an interest for natural (volcanic) phenomena, and gave distance figures betweenplaces
- Subject Headings
- Volcanoes--Mediterranean Region.
- Lipari Islands (Italy)
- Sicily (Italy)
- Mediterranean Region.
- Homer.--Odyssey.
- Translation
- (Text too fragmentary to be translated)
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1483
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich XVIII Renner TT 1996 760 Pl. I Renner TT, PMich XVIII, 760, 1996, Pl. I BASP 39 Williams M F 2002 140-141 Williams M F, BASP 39, 140-141, 2002
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- T.T. Renner, Atti del XVII Congresso internazionale di Papirologia II (Napoli, 1984), p. 373; W. Luppe, ZPE 139 (2002), pp. 47-53;
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- s
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 100
- Year End
- 199
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2320 x 3024
- File Size
- 933 KB
- Record
- 1483
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1483/1591r.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 1591; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1483/1591r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.