P.Mich.inv. 4 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 4
- Processing Number
- 2130
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 14 x 21 cm
- Items
- 2
- Lines
- Col. i - 30
- Col. ii - 31
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- Broken off at the left and right
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- Ist century A.D.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Provenance
- Unknown
- Acquisition
- purchased in Egypt by B.P. Grenfell and F.W. Kelsey in March-April 1920
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Subliterary: Astrology
- Author
- Unknown
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Treatise on the Conjunctions of the Moon
- Content
- Fragment of an anonymous treatise giving a series of predictions, based probably on the conjunctions of the Moon (Peri synaphon Selenes)
- Subject Headings
- Husband and wife--Egypt--Alexandria.
- Business losses--Egypt--Alexandria.
- Moon.
- Astrology.
- Revenge.
- Charms--Egypt--Alexandria.
- Translation
- [- - -] . . . perceiving the plot he will trump up lawsuits and charges and not only divorce his wife but also convict her of adultery and be completely victorious. Let him, however, be on his guard against the attack of foreigners or of robbers; for as the times are perilous he will either fall into the hands of pirates and be stripped of all his possessions or his son will be taken prisoner and he will expend all his property for a ransom. Or . . . lawsuits against a brother or sycophantic relatives . . . [- - -] . . .But if . . . of Kronos . . . he will find . . . Having escaped the onslaught of all these charges and with difficulty been preserved to return to his own, after enduring many dangers, some by water and others by land, he will be magnificently avenged upon the ones who challenged him to this, feigning a false grief for his brother and dreadfully distressed for his loving mother.
- Fifteenth (day of the month), in the third (week).
- If it (scil. the Moon) approaches Saturn, one who is born of a most illustrious family and through the condition of affairs has lost much property will recur to the esteem due to his fortune; and being deemed worthy, through mention by the rulers, of honors and repute so as to gain increase and augment not only of fortune but also of rank, . . . wealth . . .
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2130
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich III Robbins FE 1936 148 Pl. IV Robbins FE, PMich III, 148, 1936, Pl. IV
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- O. Neugebauer - H.B. Van Hoesen, Proc.Amer.Phil.Soc. 108 (1964) p. 60, no. 117; Pack[2] 2003
Availability/System Requirements
- Scanner Initials
- CT
- Date Scanned
- 7/18/1996
- Institution
- sr
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 1
- Year End
- 99
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2320 x 3018
- File Size
- 932 KB
- Record
- 2130
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2130/4r_b.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 4; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2130/4r_b.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.