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Title P. Yale. 2 104
Work Aesopus, Fabulae
Content Aesopus; Fabulae, The fable of the swallow and the other birds in Latin and Greek
Principal Edition P.Yale 2 104
Fragments Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 5604 b Vo; New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library P. CtYBR 1158 Vo
Support Material papyrus
Date 150 - 250
More from the period between 150 CE and 250 CE
Origin Found: Tebtynis (Arsinoites, Egypt); written: Egypt
More from Found: Tebtynis (Arsinoites, Egypt); written: Egypt
Form and Layout papyrus fragment (columns: 1, pagination: 0)
Script Type cursive
Genre prose; wisdom; fable
Culture literature
Religion classical
Images papyri.info/.../michigan.apis.2517; columbia.edu/.../yale.apis.0011584200
Print Illustrations P.Mich. 07 pl.XVb; CLA Suppl. 1780; Seider, Paläographie Lateinischen Papyri II.1, no. 16 pl. XI
Availability © Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 59039 [source]

Publications P. Yale 2 104 (1985) = P. Mich. 7 457 (1947) = Studia Papyrologica 13 (1974), p. 33-37 no. 2 (1974) = Lowe, CLA Suppl. 1780 (1971) = Cavenaile, Corpus papyrorum Latinarum (CPL) 80 (1958)
Inv. no. Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 5604 b Vo; New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library P. CtYBR 1158 Vo
Reuse Type other text(s) on the same object: 63275
Date AD 150 - 250
Language bilingual: Latin / Greek
Provenance Egypt, 00c - Tebtynis (Umm el-Baragat)[found]; Egypt[written]

Trismegistos: 63275 [source]

Publications P. Mich. 7 456 (1947) = Emerita 19 (1951), p. 1-14 (1951) = Lowe, CLA Suppl. 1779 (1971) = Studia Papyrologica 13 (1974), p. 32-33 no. 1 (1974) = Cavenaile, Corpus papyrorum Latinarum (CPL) 231 (1958)
Inv. no. Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 5604 b Ro; New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library P. CtYBR 1158 Ro
Reuse Type other text(s) on the same object: 59039
Date AD 1 - 199
Language Latin
Provenance Egypt[written]; Egypt, 00c - Tebtynis (Umm el-Baragat)[found]
Places mentioned places

Catalog Record: michigan.apis.2517 [xml]

Title Aesopic Fable
Author (Aesopus)
Summary A new version of a popular Aesop fable about the wisdom and foresight of the swallow; the three first lines could be the epimythium or moral of a Latin translation of either this fable or a preceding one
Citations Rep_Editor - Parassoglou GM; Rep_Ser. - StudPap 13; Rep_Year - 1974; Rep_Pg_No - 33-37 (with pl.) Sanders HA, PMich VII, 457, 1947, Pl. XVb -- BL IV, 54 (bibliography) Roberts CH, JRS 47, 124-125, 1957
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 5604
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 5 x 13 cm (+ P.Yale inv. 1158: 3.5 x 13 cm)
Condition Broken off at the left, right, and bottom
Lines 15
Recto/Verso Source of description: B; Verso
Origin Unknown
More from Unknown
Language Latin (l. 1-3); Greek
Date IIIrd century A.D.
More from the period between 200 CE and 299 CE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Verso; Recto is P.Mich. VII, 456
Note (related) + P.Yale 1158 verso
Subjects Aesopus; Fable; Literature; Literary; Papyrus
Images Verso thumbnail
Images Verso medium
Images Verso large
Images Verso thumbnail
Images Verso medium
Images Verso large
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

Catalog Record: yale.apis.0011584200 [xml]

Title Literary work, Roman CE early iii [GMP]
Summary Aesop, a fable
Citations Parássoglou 1974f: 31, 33-37, pl. facing p. 35
P.Yale II, pp. 50-52
Inv. Id P.CtYBR inv. 1158(B)
Support/Dimensions Papyrus: 131 x 39 mm
Language Greek; Latin
Date Roman CE early iii [GMP]
More from the period between 200 CE and 201 CE
Note (general) Another fragment of this manuscript is P.Mich. 456 + 457
Note (general) Margins: Top, right
Subjects Literary work; Papyri
Images http://hdl.handle.net/10079/digcoll/2758034...
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

(Latin) [- - -] when they were taken [- - -] how much harm [- - -] they don't comply (with her demands?).;(Greek) [When the] flax was sown, a swallow, [being clever, urged] the other birds to destroy [altogether] what would destroy them, by collecting [the seed]; but they failed to understand the advice of the swallow. Not long after, when the flax had been twisted into nets, the swallow transferred herself to the houses of man and built her nest just under his roof; and when the other birds were pressed tight (in the nets), they perceived [- - -]