P.Mich.inv. 768 / Verso

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 768
Processing Number
3122
Section/Side
wax/wood
Image Side
Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Wax side and wood side
Material
WT
Size
18 x 17 cm
Items
1
Lines
Wax side - 22;
Wood side - 1
Mounted
No
Negative
No
Conservation Status
The wax has been entirely worn away at places, sometimes even before the text was written
Palaeographic Description
The writing on the wax of this tablet is extremely crude and careless (Sanders)
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
IVth to VIth century A.D.
Origin
Unknown
Provenance
Unknown
Acquisition
purchased from Maurice Nahman in 1922
Language
Greek
Genre
Literary: Biblical
Author
Old Testament
Type of Text/Title of Work
Proverbs VII, 3 - 13
Content
School exercise (or amulet?), written on a waxed tablet, perhaps by Ischyrion, whose name was crudely carved in the wood on the other side of the tablet
Persons
Ischyrion

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich III Sanders HA 1936 134 Sanders HA, PMich III, 134, 1936

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
J. van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris, 1976) no. 255; R. Cribiore, Writing, Teachers, and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Atlanta, 1996) p. 248 no. 307

Availability/System Requirements

Scanner Initials
CT
Date Scanned
6/24/1996
Institution
sc

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
500
Year End
599

Technical Details

Image Size
2201 x 2197
File Size
643 KB
Record
3122
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3122/768wd.tif

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"P.Mich.inv. 768; Verso." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3122/768wd.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
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