P.Mich.inv. 1258 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 1258
- Processing Number
- 1343
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Connections
- P. Mich. inv. 1259 (drawing of Isis)
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 4 x 6 cm.
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 1-6
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- This small medium-brown papyrus is regularly cut on all sides. The regularity of the location of the small holes in the papyrus suggests that these perforations might have been made intentionally. Seal from papyrus stored in Conger Cabinet Drawer 7
- Palaeographic Description
- Written in a practiced and quick cursive typical of the 2nd to 3rd ccentury A.D.
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- IInd/IIIrd century A.D.
- Origin
- Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt (?)
- Provenance
- Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt (?)
- Acquisition
- December 1922; Acquired by Flinders - Petrie
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- sub-literary
- Author
- unknown
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- oracle question
- Content
- This papyrus contains an oracle question directed towards Isis. The author appears to question the oracle about some type of struggle, possibly an illness, since Isis was a goddess of healing.
- Persons
- -
- Geographica
- -
- Translation
- "Lady Isis! If you have caused my misery, and if you can give me a cure, please make sure that this note is brought back to me!"
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections ZPE 11 Henrichs A 1973 117-8 Pl IVa SB XII 11226 Henrichs A, ZPE 11, 117-8, 1973, Pl IVa -- SB XII 11226
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC
- Year Begin
- 100
- Year End
- 299
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2610 x 4018
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 1343
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1343/1258r.tif
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:1343
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"P.Mich.inv. 1258; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1343/1258r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2025.