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Title A narrow strip from the top of a column containing Alexander's Letter to Olympias
Work Pseudo- Callisthenes, Historia Alexandri Magni 3.28
Principal Edition P.Mich. 18 761
Catalog(s) MP3 00236.030
Fragments Cairo, Egyptian Museum P.Mich. inv. 6311
Support Material papyrus
Support Dimensions 3.5cm wide x 9cm high
Date 1 - 199
More from the period between 1 CE and 199 CE
Origin Fundort: Karanis (= Kom Aushim) (Arsinoites, Egypt) - 1932; Schreibort: Karanis (= Kom Aushim) (Arsinoites, Egypt)
More from Fundort: Karanis (= Kom Aushim) (Arsinoites, Egypt) - 1932; Schreibort: Karanis (= Kom Aushim) (Arsinoites, Egypt)
Form and Layout papyrus roll? (columns: 1, pagination: 0)
Genre prose; novel; letter
Culture literature
Religion classical
General Notes Accession number 32-C63E-E.
Images quod.lib.umich.edu/.../x-2803
Print Illustrations P.Mich. 18 pl.V
Availability © Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License .

Trismegistos: 62674 [source]

Publications P. Mich. 18 761 (1996)
Inv. no. Cairo, Egyptian Museum number unknown; . formerly: Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 6311 Vo
Reuse Type reuse of blank side of: 110835
Date AD 1 - 199
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, 00a - Karanis (Kom Aushim)[found & written]

Catalog Record: michigan.apis.2803 [xml]

Title Letter of Alexander to his Mother Olympias (Ps. Kallisthenes III 28, 3-4)
Author Pseudo-Kallisthenes
Summary Fragment of the letter attributed to Alexander, which was later included in Pseudo-Kallisthenes' roman
Citations Merkelbach R - Roemer CE, PMich XVIII, 761, 1996, Pl. V
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 6311
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 3.5 x 9 cm
Condition broken off on the right side and at the bottom
Lines 9
Recto/Verso Source of description: Verso
Origin Unknown place, province of Egypt
More from Unknown place, province of Egypt
Language Greek
Date Ist-IInd century A.D.
More from the period between 100 CE and 199 CE
Note (general) Incorrectly published as Inv. 6021.
Note (general) Location: Cairo
Note (general) Pub. status: Verso; Recto: remains of a latin(?) text
Subjects -; Pseudo-Callisthenes;vCorrespondence.; Pseudo-Callisthenes.--Historia Alexandri Magni--Greek.; Literary: Letter; Papyrus
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

DCLP transcription: 62674 [xml]

Ἡλίου, οὗ̣ [ἦν περίμετρον ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι]
σταδίω[ν· πύργοι δὲ ἦσαν δώδεκα]
χρυσῷ κ̣[αὶ σμαράγδῳ ᾠκοδομημένοι·]
τ̣ὸ δὲ τ[εῖχος ἐκ λίθου Ἰνδικοῦ,]
5ἐν μέσῳ̣ [δὲ ἦν βωμὸς χρυσῷ καὶ σμαρά-]
γδῳ ᾠκ̣[οδομημένος, ἔχων ἀναβα-]
θμοὺς ἑ[ξήκοντα, ὑπεράνω δὲ ἐφε-]
στηκὸς ἅ̣[ρμα ἵππων καὶ ἱππηλάτης· ἰ-]
δεῖν [δὲ αὐτὰ οὐκ ἦν ῥαδίως]
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