P.Mich.inv. 5604 / Verso
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 5604
- Processing Number
- 2517
- Section/Side
- B; Verso
- Image Side
- Verso
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Verso; Recto is P.Mich. VII, 456
- Connections
- + P.Yale 1158 verso
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 5 x 13 cm (+ P.Yale inv. 1158: 3.5 x 13 cm)
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 15
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- Broken off at the left, right, and bottom
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- IIIrd century A.D.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Provenance
- Unknown
- Acquisition
- Brought to the British Museum by Nahman on July 17, 1930; purchased by the University in 1931.
- Language
- Latin (l. 1-3)
- Greek
- Genre
- Literary
- Author
- (Aesopus)
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Aesopic Fable
- Content
- A new version of a popular Aesop fable about the wisdom and foresight of the swallow; the three first lines could be the epimythium or moral of a Latin translation of either this fable or a preceding one
- Translation
- (Latin) [- - -] when they were taken [- - -] how much harm [- - -] they don't comply (with her demands?).
- (Greek) [When the] flax was sown, a swallow, [being clever, urged] the other birds to destroy [altogether] what would destroy them, by collecting [the seed]; but they failed to understand the advice of the swallow. Not long after, when the flax had been twisted into nets, the swallow transferred herself to the houses of man and built her nest just under his roof; and when the other birds were pressed tight (in the nets), they perceived [- - -]
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich VII Sanders HA 1947 457 Pl. XVb Sanders HA, PMich VII, 457, 1947, Pl. XVb -- BL IV, 54 (bibliography) BL IV, 54 (bibliography) JRS 47 Roberts CH 1957 124-125 Roberts CH, JRS 47, 124-125, 1957
Information on Publications--Further Republications
- Further Republications
- Rep_Editor - Parassoglou GM; Rep_Ser. - StudPap 13; Rep_Year - 1974; Rep_Pg_No - 33-37 (with pl.)
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- Pack[2] 2917; E.A. Lowe, CLA. Supplement (Oxford, 1971) No. 1780 (with pl.)
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sr
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 200
- Year End
- 299
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3480 x 4608
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2517
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2517/5604bv_a.tif
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- Full citation
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"P.Mich.inv. 5604; Verso." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2517/5604bv_a.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2024.