P.Mich.inv. 1447 / Verso
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 1447
- Processing Number
- 2937
- Section/Side
- Verso
- Image Side
- Verso
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Verso; Recto is unpublished
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- fr. 1: 16.5 x 18 cm; fr. 2: 2.2 x 6.2 cm; fr. 3: 2.4 x 2.4 cm; fr. 4: 1.3 x 2 cm
- Items
- 4
- Lines
- col. I: 22 lines; col. II:21 lines
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- The ends of 22 lines from one column and the greater part of 21 lines from a second column. Both columns are incomplete above. Full of creases and fiber dislocations. The surface, usually a medium brown, has been darkened by discoloration in several areas, and much of the text is peppered with holes. The unusual straightness of the top edge of the fragmentmay have resulted from a cut in antiquity. Three small scraps, designated Fr. 2, 3 and 4, have become detached from the main piece but can be replaced in their respective original locations at the top left of col. I and at the right of col. II.
- Palaeographic Description
- Handwriting: rounded informal capital by a practised scribe. Some variations of stance, shape and proportion of letters occur. The lower margin is preserved to its original depth, 4.3-5.4 cm, for most of the width of the papyrus. There is an intercolumnar space of around 1.8 cm at the top of the text; but as a result of the scribe's tendency in col. I to end his lines successively further to the right, this space is steadily reduced until it dwindles to almost nothing near the lower margin. But the edge itself of col. I is even. The left edge of col. II is also straight but is almost exactly perpendicular as well. The entries are separated from one another by spaces about the height of one line of writing. Critical signs: forked paragraphos. Punctuation: a low stop (II, 6); two tremata (diaeresis). No accents and one breathing. Several misspellings and errors, some corrected; iota adscript consistently written.
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- (late) IInd century A.D. / IIIrd century A.D.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Provenance
- Unknown
- Acquisition
- November 1924
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Literary; mythology
- Author
- Unknown
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Dictionary of metamorphosed characters from myth
- Content
- A mythological dictionary. The five nearly complete entries in Column II all concern metamorphosed characters in Greek myth whose names begin with "alpha", but they are not ordered according to any stricter rules of alphabetization. Two of these entries cite the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women, the Ethoiae, as their authorities. A Third cites simply "Hesiod", and a fourth entry refers to an unknown passage of Aeschylus.
- The scanty remains of col. I apparently represent three entries having eight, eleven and three lines respectively preserved.
- Persons
- Hesiod; Aeschylus; Aktaion, Arethousa, Aithyiae, Alkyone, Askalaphus
- Aristaios; Autonoe; Semele; Artemis; Hyperos; Poseidon; Euripos; Chalkis; Hera; Haliakmon; Haliartos; Ino; Aiolos; Keyx; Phosphoros; Zeus; Achairon; Gorgyra; Demeter; Kore; Plouto
- Translation
- Col. I: fragmentary
- Col. II:
- Actaeon, the son of Aristaeus and Autonoe, desiring marriage with Semele . . . his mother's father . . . (he) was transformed to the appearance of a stag through the design of Artemis and was torn apart by his own dogs, as Hesiod says in the Catalogue of Women.
- Arethousa, daughter of Hyperos, [having had intercourse with Poseidon?] in the region of the Euboen Euripus, was transformed [to a sping?] by Hera, as Hesiod recounts.
- The Aithyiae, daughters of Haliakmon, the son of Haliartos, seven in number, while lamenting Ino were transformed by Hera to [birds] . . . are called by Aeschylus "hating Crows" (?).
- Alkyone, daughter of Aiolos: Keyx, son of Phosphoros the star, married (her). And both . . were arrogant, and enamored of one another . . . (she?) called [him] Zeus, herself Hera . . . On which account Zeus angered, transformed both into birds, as Hesiod (says) in the Catalogue of Women.
- Askalaphos, son of Achairon and Gorgyra, when Demeter had found the Maiden . . . to(?) Plouto . . .
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3407
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections Diss Renner TT 1974 1-48, no 1 Renner TT, Diss, 1-48, no 1, 1974 HSCP 82 Renner TT 1978 277-293 Plate, between pp. 278-279 Renner TT, HSCP 82, 277-293, 1978, Plate, between pp. 278-279
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- Marcotte-Mertens-Pack add. 0516.2
- M. Van Rossum-Steenbeek, Greek Readers' Digests?, p. 144-145, 335-336, no.70
- H. Lloyd-Jones, ZPE 35 (1979), p. 6
- M.L. West - R. Merkelbach, Hesiodi fragmenta selecta, 1990, p. 232, fr. 217A
- J. Lightfoot, Parthenius of Nicaea, 1999, 227, n55
- Marc Huys - Thomas Schmidt, CATALOGUE OF MYTHOGRAPHIC PAPYRI , http://cmp.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/cmpdetail.php?id=141
- LDAB 1219
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- NL
- Year Begin
- 150
- Year End
- 299
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 5100 x 4741
- File Size
- 3 MB
- Record
- 2937
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2937/1447v.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 1447; Verso." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2937/1447v.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.