P.Mich.inv. 762 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 762
- Processing Number
- 3791
- Section/Side
- leaf 1
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Verso
- Connections
- -
- Material
- WT
- Size
- 21.3 x 29.4 cm.
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 2
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- The leaves of this waxed diptych is of wood slightly hollowed out and coated with black wax on the inner sides. A large portion of the wax in the center of leaf 1 has crumbled away, probably owing to unfavorable atmospheric conditions, along the edge of the crack in the lower part of the leaf.
- Palaeographic Description
- Besides the accounts on the wax faces, the diptych has some writing on the wood of this leaf. These letters were scratched in a vertical line across the top of the inner side, with the leaf held on its side. However, only two of these letters are legible. Then, across the outer side of the same leaf run two lines of incised letters from 1 to 1.5 cm. high.
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- IIIrd century A.D.
- Origin
- Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- purchased by Mr. Kelsey in Egypt in March and April, 1920, from Mr. Maurice Nahman
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- sub-literary
- Author
- unknown
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- accounts
- Content
- A series of letters with numerical significance. Taken numerically, the first line, without the final epsilon, might be either 50,555 1/6 or 15,555 1/6, and the second, without its final number, would be 11,111. But the numbers are probably to be read separately and most likely this is an exercise in coinage.
- Persons
- -
- Geographica
- -
- Translation
- -
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3791
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections JHS 41 Boak AER 1921 217-9 Pl X, XI SB III, 7013 Boak AER, JHS 41, 217-9, 1921, Pl X, XI -- SB III, 7013 ZPE 50 Brashear W M 1983 103-104 Brashear W M, ZPE 50, 103-104, 1983
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- LDAB 5333
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- TC
- Year Begin
- 200
- Year End
- 299
Technical Details
- Record
- 3791
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3791/762_1v.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 762; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3791/762_1v.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.