P.Mich.inv. 4912 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 4912
Processing Number
2342
Section/Side
A; Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso is blank
Material
Pap
Size
fr. 1: 7.3 x 9.5; fr. 2: 2.1 x 4 cm
Items
2
Lines
Fr. I, col. I, 14 lines; col. II, 15 lines; Fr. II, 6 lines
Mounted
No
Negative
No
Conservation Status
The papyrus fragments are broken off at all sides. Fr. 1 contains the ends of the lines of one column and the beginnings of the lines of a second. The papyrus is dark brown, rather coarse.The verso seems to contain some slight traces of writing, but these may be only ink blots.
Palaeographic Description
The text is written in black ink. The intercolumniar space is 1.1 cm at its narrowest point. Only one rough breathing in l. 7 and a paragraphus-mark in l. 21. The hans is rounded, upright uncial of a rather small size (letter-height average only 2 mm), written slowly with regular spacing.
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
IInd- IIIrd century A.D.
Origin
Unknown
Provenance
Unknown
Acquisition
1926/1927; Acquired by Bell
Language
Greek
Genre
Literary; anthology
Author
Unknown
Type of Text/Title of Work
A moral treatise with exempla
Content
An anthology of examples of men who bravely faced and accepted somewhat brutal forms of the death
Persons
The philosopher Anaxarchos, Nikokreon, the tyrant of Cyprus,Epameinondas

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
ZPE 28 Gronewald M 1978 278-80 Gronewald M, ZPE 28, 278-80, 1978
ZPE 31 Priest NE 1978 61-9 Priest NE, ZPE 31, 61-9, 1978

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
col. I 12-14 = CPF I.1* 11; IV.2, Tavole, no 114
LDAB 5066

Cataloging

Cataloger
NL
Year Begin
100
Year End
299

Technical Details

Image Size
3480 x 5082
File Size
2 MB
Record
2342
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2342/4912ar.tif

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"P.Mich.inv. 4912; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2342/4912ar.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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