P.Mich.inv. 763 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 763
Processing Number
3118
Section/Side
Recto + Verso
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto + Verso
Connections
-
Material
Wood
Size
35.7 x 10.2 cm.
Items
1
Lines
1-10
Mounted
No
Negative
No
Conservation Status
A wooden table pierced with two holes on one of the longer side. One of the holes is still filled by a fragment of a wooden peg, and these apertures may therefore have been used for some other purpose than the passage of leather thongs or wire for binding.
Palaeographic Description
Written in uncials varying from 1/2 cm. to 1 cm. in height. Each one of the syllables formed on side 1 has been underlined. Side 2 contains three lines only, which cover approximately the upper third of its surface, and are blurred toward the right.
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
IVth century A.D. (?)
Origin
unknown
Provenance
unknown
Acquisition
obtained by Mr. Kelsey in Egypt in March and April, 1920, from a native through Dr. David L. Askren
Language
Greek
Genre
documentary
Author
unknown
Type of Text/Title of Work
school exercise
Content
Side 1: Syllabary, first a col. of vowels, then combinations with consonants. In col. 7 iota functions both as consonant and as vowel.
Side 2: Alphabet in regular and reverse order, then the letters are paired.
Persons
-
Geographica
-
Translation
-

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
CP 16 Boak AER 1921 189-91 Boak AER, CP 16, 189-91, 1921
Writing, Teachers and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt Cribiore R 1996 83 Plate VII Cribiore R, Writing, Teachers and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt, 83, 1996, Plate VII

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
Pack (2), 2708; Zalateo G., Aegyptus 41 (1961), pp. 160-235 (no. 6); Debut, J., ZPE 63 (1986), 251-78 (nos. 35, 63);

Cataloging

Cataloger
TC
Year Begin
300
Year End
399

Technical Details

Image Size
7861 x 3633
File Size
2 MB
Record
3118
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3118/763r.tif

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"P.Mich.inv. 763; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3118/763r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024.
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