P.Mich.inv. 4800 / Verso

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 4800
Processing Number
2320
Section/Side
fragments I-III + fragments a-l
Image Side
Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso: remains of memoranda or accounts (early IIIrd cent. A.D.?)
Material
Pap
Size
frg. I: 13.9 x 14.7 cm;
frg. II: 14.4 x 10.9 cm;
frg. III: 7.7 x 5.5 cm;
frg. a: 1.1 x 3.9 cm;
frg. b: 1.7 x 6.6 cm;
frg. c: 2 x 3.2 cm;
frg. d: 1.8 x 8 cm;
frg. e: 1.9 x 3.2 cm;
frg. f: 1.2 x 2.1 cm;
frg. g: 1.2 x 1.7 cm;
frg. h: 0.6 x 1.8 cm;
frg. i: 1.2 x 2.6 cm;
frg. j: 1.2 x 2.1 cm;
frg. k: 1.1 x 1.6 cm;
frg. l: 2.6 x 6.9 cm
Items
15
Lines
frg. I, col. I: 5;
frg. I, col. II: 19;
frg. I, col. III: 12;
frg. II, col. I: 4;
frg. II, col. II: 20;
frg. III: 9;
frg. a: 7;
frg. b: 7;
frg. c: 6;
frg. d: 16;
frg. e: 6;
frg. f: 5;
frg. g: 3;
frg. h: 3;
frg. i: 5;
frg. j: 4;
frg. k: 3;
frg. l: 11
Mounted
Yes
Negative
Yes
Conservation Status
Much damaged. Frg. I: broken off on the left and right sides and at the bottom(?); frg. II: broken off on the left and right sides and at the bottom(?); frg. III: broken off on the left and right sides and at the top. Other fragments broken off on all sides, except frg. c (complete at the right?) and frg. l (complete at the bottom?)
Palaeographic Description
small, round, upright hand
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
IInd century A.D. (reign of Hadrian or a few decades later)
Origin
Unknown place, province of Egypt
Provenance
Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition
26-B17F-A
Language
Greek
Genre
Literary
Author
Unknown
Type of Text/Title of Work
Acta Alexandrinorum
Content
Fragments of the Acts of the Alexandrian (pagan) martyrs, concerning some injustices committed presumably in Alexandria, towards Alexandrians; there are references to the Jewish-Greek relations, to violence towards young boys (epheboi), to attacks by the soldiery, to a woman pleading for her young son or for her own life, to death and mourning(?) and perhaps to the prefect of Egypt of 103-107 A.D., Gaius Vibius Maximus
Persons
Maximus(?) (= Gaius Vibius Maximus, prefect of Egypt?);
(unnamed) arabarchai
Geographica
Alexandreus(?)
Translation
(Text too fragmentary to be translated)

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
JRS 47 Musurillo H 1957 185-190 Musurillo H, JRS 47, 185-190, 1957
Acta Alexandrinorum Musurillo H 1961 22 Musurillo H, Acta Alexandrinorum, 22, 1961

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
J. Bingen, CE 33 (1958) p. 279-280; Pack [2] 2242.

Availability/System Requirements

Institution
sc

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
100
Year End
199

Technical Details

Image Size
3668 x 3308
File Size
2 MB
Record
2320
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2320/4800v.tif

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