P.Mich.inv. 3793 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 3793
- Processing Number
- 2115
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Connections
- -
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 12.5 x 11.5 cm.
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 1-27
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- This medium brown papyrus is regularly cut off on all sides except at the top, where the right and the left hand corners have been cut off.
- Palaeographic Description
- The hand, although the work of a practised writer, shows a unique blend of characteristics, including both cursive and noncursive elements, which are topped with a hint of somewhat pretentious mannerism. It is consequently difficult to find close palaeographical parallels, but taken as a whole the writing suggests a date in the third or perhaps the early fourth century A.D. The writer did not concern himself with keeping the line ends in Column I even; they vary in alignment by as much as eight letter-widths and rarely, possibly never, fall within a word. There are no accents, punctuation marks, or other aids to the reader. The orthography appears to be free of major faults. Some letters in a thinner ink were evidently written in the margin before line II 1. There is no certain clue as to the original width of the columns, or the number of lines lost between I14 and II1.
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- Ist century B.C.
- Origin
- Oxyrhynchos, Oxyrhynchite nome, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Oxyrhynchos, Oxyrhynchite nome, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- purchased by Prof. Boak in 1925 (report submitted by H.I. Bell, dated May 2, 1925); described as coming from Behneseh (Oxyrhynchus)
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Literary
- Author
- unknown
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- prose?
- Content
- This papyrus contains portions of two columns of a text which mentions among other things a love affair, events connected with a spring, and devouring by beasts. The goddess Aphrodite is mentioned early in the fragment, and two names of mortal persons, Pamphilos and Eurydike, can be read with certainty. The greater part of what survives is apparently narrative in the third person, but instances of the first person and of direct adress occur.
- Persons
- Aphrodite,
- Pamphilos,
- Eurydike
- Geographica
- -
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2115
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections Proc XVI Int Congr Renner TT 1981 93-101 Photo Renner TT, Proc XVI Int Congr, 93-101, 1981, Photo -- Stramaglia, p. 81 (on date). Stramaglia, p. 81 (on date). Fragmentos papiraceos de novela griega Martinez MP 1998 45 Martinez MP, Fragmentos papiraceos de novela griega, 45, 1998
Information on Publications--Further Republications
- Further Republications
- Stramaglia A., ZPE 134 (2001), 81-106.
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- LDAB 5544
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC
- Year Begin
- -99
- Year End
- -1
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 4739 x 3780
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2115
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2115/3793r.tif
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- Manifest
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:2115
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"P.Mich.inv. 3793; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2115/3793r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 06, 2025.