P.Mich.inv. 4914 / Recto

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P.Mich.inv. 4914

Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 4914
Processing Number: 4432
Section/Side: a; recto
Image Side: Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: under research; contact institution
Material: Pap
Size: various sizes
Items: 4
Palaeographic Description: All fragments are written along fibers
Status: Assigned
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: Vth-VIIth century A.D.
Origin: Unknown
Provenance: Unknown
Acquisition: Purchased in the season 1926/7 and was reportes on Bell, March 8, 1927 and May, 1927. (1) Purchased by Bell in Upper Egypt; (2) a number of papyri bought by Askren at various times before Bell's arrival in Egypt or during his absence at Thebes; (3) the papyri bought by Bell at cairo of dealers other than Nahman; (4) several lots bougts after Bell's departure by Askren, Kelsey and Westermann.
Language: Coptic
Genre: Sub-literary
Author: Unknown
Content: One text is certainly magical and in the Achmimic dialect, written across the fibers, and there are a few fragments of a text in a similar hand written parallel to the fibers. To the left of the Achmimic magical text are some letters written in the opposite direction on the sheet, and apparently in the same hand as another large group of fragments. there may have ben two rather large texts written in reverse order on the sheet of papyrusStill another sheet may have ben added in which the fibers were horizontal rather than vertical. All appaear to be on papyrus of the same texture, extremely brittle an requiring the greatest care in handling.

Cataloging

Cataloger: NL
Year Begin: 400
Year End: 699

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 5222 x 4661
File Size: 1005 KB
Record: 4432
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-4432/4914ar.tif

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Full citation: "P.Mich.inv. 4914; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-4432/4914ar.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 21, 2025.