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P. Mich. inv. 3527 |
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Magical (applied ?) |
Contents: | 1. Sheets 1-3, recto: Uncertain text; applied amulet for healing/protection (?). |
Language(s): | Greek (?) |
Script(s): | Coptic (?) |
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Language/dialect notes: | Language is unknown, since sheets have never been unfolded. |
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1 – 900 |
Date notes: | Since text is not visible, the date is very uncertain. |
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State of edition: | Unpublished. |
Image: | https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-9873/3527.tif |
Form: | sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
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Folding pattern: | All three papyrus sheets are well folded. |
State of preservation: | Apparently complete; original report describes four pieces of papyrus, so it is possible that one amulet has been lost. |
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3 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | Three separate papyrus pieces; perhaps 3 different texts. The lack of visible text on the outside suggests they were written on the recto only. |
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Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Place of purchase: | Cairo, Egypt (TM places ID: 2740) |
Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Present Location: | Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library |
Collection History: | The papyrus was purchased from Maurice Nahman in 1925 and came to University in October 1926 as a gift of Oscar Weber and Richard H. Webber (of Detroit) (Collection website 5/9/2023). |
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Collection website: | https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-9873/3527.tif |
Notes/Discussion: | Three strips of papyrus folded into packets and attached to a string. The original report describes four strips, so it is possible one has since been lost. Apparently never unfolded. |
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General: | Bell, H.I. “Report on Papyri: 1925 Consignment” (1925) p. 21 (no. 277), online at https://apps.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/papyrology/acq-reports/Report%20on%20Papyri%2C%20etc.%2C%20of%201925%20consignment.pdf |
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Edit History: | MPS (5/9/2023); KD (16/10/2023) |