P.Mich.inv. 590 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 590
- Processing Number
- 2585
- Section/Side
- Recto + Verso
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto + Verso
- Connections
- -
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 13.3 x 17.5 cm.
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 1-36
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- In general, the state of preservation is good: there are several small holes and some surface abrasion, but the only extensive damage occurs in the upper inner corner, where a lacuna has removed up to five letters per line (in R 1-3 and V 1-3).
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- (late) IXth century A.D.
- Origin
- unknown
- Provenance
- unknown
- Acquisition
- 1921; Acquired by Kelsey from Dr. Askren; Notes by Crum, 1921
- Language
- Coptic
- Genre
- subliterary; Horoscope
- Author
- unknown
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- kalandologion
- Content
- The text belongs to the class of subliterary manuals which predict events on the basis of the Kalends of January. The present text unfolds its prognostic advice depending on how the wind blows from 6 to 10 Tybi; in the midst of its account of 10 Tybi, the sheet breaks off.
- Subject Headings
- Divination--Egypt.
- Weather--Egypt.
- Disasters--Egypt.
- Wealth--Egypt.
- Calendar, Roman.
- Persons
- -
- Geographica
- -
- Translation
- "... in Phamenoth; the oil will be costly in Phamenoth ...
- This is the sign of 6 (?) Tybi concerning the way in which we are taught what is profitable to us before it happens. If the east wind comes forth on that day, the water is good, and it will cover the entire earth; the cattle will live, the crops will increase, the gardens will blossom, the honey will diminish, and the last of the crops of the field will perish.
- If the east wind comes on 8 Tybi, there will be a great winter, the weather (V) will be good, the cattle will miscarry, the wheat will become as dry (?) as cumin, the men will suffer severe illnesses, and the children will die.
- If a south wind comes forth on the dawn of 9 Tybi, and the north wind comes forth at evening, it means a great summer, the crops will increase, the small livestock will miscarry but will not continue (to do so), and the honey will become profitable.
- If a west wind comes forth on 10 Tybi, and the south wind comes forth at evening, there will be a long winter of fatness (?) ...."
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2585
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMichCopt Worrell WH 1942 20 Worrell WH, PMichCopt, 20, 1942 Mich Coptic Texts Browne GM 1979 13 Pl IV Browne GM, Mich Coptic Texts, 13, 1979, Pl IV
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC
- Year Begin
- 875
- Year End
- 899
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 4264 x 4701
- File Size
- 3 MB
- Record
- 2585
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2585/590r.tif
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:2585:590R.TIF
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"P.Mich.inv. 590; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2585/590r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.