P.Mich.inv. 3823 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 3823
Processing Number
2120
Section/Side
Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso is blank
Material
Pap
Size
8.5 x 8.5 cm
Items
1
Lines
Col. I - 13;
col. II - 13
Mounted
No
Negative
No
Conservation Status
Broken off at the top, left and right; badly preserved
Palaeographic Description
The hand is moderate in size and upright, of a literary character and fairly refular and uniform (Robbins)
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
IIIrd or IVth century A.D.
Origin
Unknown
Provenance
Probably Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, 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
Subliterary: Astrology
Author
Unknown
Type of Text/Title of Work
Astrological Table
Content
Fragmentary list of full moons, giving hours (of day or night) and longitudes for 13 consecutive oppositions during one year. The longitudes found in the text can be fitted very well to actual full moon positions (e.g. in 288-289 and 383-384) but the hours do not agree throughout, so that no secure date can be determined
Translation
(Traces of another table, separated from this one by a double line, are visible above col. I)
(Col. I)
[Month, day] hour of the day: 6 [. .]. Pisces, 7° 21' (= 7° 21')
[Month, day] hour of the day: 2 2/3. Aries, 6° 35' (= 36° 35')
[Month, day] hour of the night: 12, 0. Taurus, 6° 6' (= 66° 6')
[Month, (.)]9(?) hour of the day: 11 1/3(?). Gemini, 5° 56' (= 95° 56')
[Month, day] hour of the day: 0 1/3. Cancer, 5° 3' (= 125° 3')
[Month, day] hour of the night: [. .] 2/3(?). Leo, 5° 40'(?) (= 155° 40')
[Month, day] hour of the day: [. . .]. Virgo, 5° 2' (= 185° 2')
[Month, day] hour of the night: [. . .]. Libra, 4° 4' (= 214° 4')
[Month, day] hour of the day: 11, 0. Scorpio, 2° 49' (= 242° 49')
[Month, day] hour of the day: 3 1/3. Sagittarius, 1° 19' (= 271° 19')
[Month, day] hour of the night: 2 1/3. Sagittarius, 29° 21' (= 299deg; 21')
[Month, day] hour of the day: 5 1/3. Capricornus, 27° 55' (= 327° 55')
[Month, day] hour of the [. . .]: 6 [. .]. Aquarius, 26° 43' (= 356° 43')
(Col. II)
[Thoth - - -]
Phaophi [- - -]
[Phaophi? - - -]
[Hathyr? - - -]
Choiak [- - -]
[Tybi - - -]
Mecheir [- - -]
Phamenoth [- - -]
(Sign in margin) Pharmouthi [- - -]
Pachon [- - -]
Pauni [- - -]
Epeiph [- - -]
(Sign in margin) Mesore [- - -]

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich III Robbins FE 1936 150 Robbins FE, PMich III, 150, 1936

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
O. Neugebauer, Trans.Amer.Phil.Soc. NS 32 (1942) p. 251-252; E. Delporte, CE 22 (1947) p. 73-83; O. Neugebauer, Proc.Amer.Phil.Soc. 106 (1962) p. 386, no. 21; Pack[2] 2018; O. Neugebauer, A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy (New York - Heidelberg - Berlin, 1975) p. 945-6

Availability/System Requirements

Time to Scan
7
Scanner Initials
CT
Date Scanned
7/1/1996
Institution
sr

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
300
Year End
399

Technical Details

Image Size
2057 x 2713
File Size
207 KB
Record
2120
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2120/3823.tif

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