P.Mich.inv. 3565 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 3565
- Processing Number
- 2008
- Section/Side
- Verso
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Verso; Recto is blank
- Connections
- -
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 30.3 x 20.9 cm.
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 1-17
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- This light-brown papyrus is broken off to the left and has sustained some damage. (TC)
- Palaeographic Description
- The hand is stiff, unshaded, and rude, as often in magical texts. Certain letters have forms characteristic of Fayyumic manuscripts of the sixth century A.D.
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- VIth century A.D. (?)
- Origin
- unknown
- Provenance
- unknown
- Acquisition
- The papyrus was purchased from Nahman in 1925 and came to University in October 1926 as a gift of Oscar Weber and Richard H. Webber (of Detroit)
- Language
- Coptic
- Genre
- sub-literary; magic
- Author
- unknown
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- curse
- Content
- a curse against a certain Alo and her parents, Aese and Phoibammon.
- Persons
- Alo;
- Aese;
- Phibammon,
- Apa Viktor.
- Geographica
- -
- Translation
- "Alo, the daughter of Aese, and Phoibammon.
- EOOOOOOOOO.
- I write, I swear to thee, Sabaot, Sabaot:
- Mayest thou take this incense from me,
- Mayest thou utter a speech sufficient for me,
- Over Alo, the daughter of Aese.
- Ha-uel, mayest thou bring an injury and a distress,
- May the oath reach unto heaven,
- Till thou work my will with Alo, the daughter of Aese.
- The curse of God shall come upon Alo.
- May the darkness take her: Alo, the daughter of Aese.
- Ye woes, may ye supplicate this one to take this incense from me.
- The curses of the Law and the Second Law shall come down upon Alo, the daughter of Aese,
- Hunger and want threatening to master the body of Alo and Phibammon,
- Their eyes threatening to . . . .
- The furnace of fire shall come out of her mouth: Alo, the daughter of Aese,
- The curse of God threatening to come down upon Alo and all her house.
- The consternation of death shall be in the house of Alo.
- Mayest thou bind them to bed.
- Amen, Amen, Sabaoth.
- Apa Viktor, the son of Phibammon."
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2008
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections Orientalia 4 Worrell WH 1935 13-6 Worrell WH, Orientalia 4, 13-6, 1935
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC
- Year Begin
- 500
- Year End
- 599
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 8256 x 5645
- File Size
- 6 MB
- Record
- 2008
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2008/3565v.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 3565; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2008/3565v.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.