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Title A fragment of Aesopic fable and biography
Work Aesopus, Fabulae
Principal Edition P.Mich. 18 765
study 68126. Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, "Nuevos testimonios papiráceos de fábulas esópicas. Avec résumé en anglais.," Emerita, 67 (1999), pp. 1-11. 3-4
Catalog(s) MP3 00052.020
Fragments Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 5771
Support Material papyrus
Support Dimensions 12.7cm wide x 12.5cm high
Date 200 - 299
More from the period between 200 CE and 299 CE
Origin Fundort: Karanis (= Kom Aushim) (Arsinoites, Egypt) - 1930; Schreibort: Egypt
More from Fundort: Karanis (= Kom Aushim) (Arsinoites, Egypt) - 1930; Schreibort: Egypt
Form and Layout papyrus roll (columns: 2, pagination: 0)
Genre prose; fable and biography
Culture literature
General Notes Accession number 30-132-YII. The dimensions listed are for fragment 1. The other fragments measure as follows: fr. 2 = 5 x 7.3 cm.
Images quod.lib.umich.edu/.../x-2546
Print Illustrations P.Mich. 018 pl.4
Availability © Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License .

Trismegistos: 59040 [source]

Publications P. Mich. 18 765 (1996)
Inv. no. Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 5771
Date AD 200 - 299
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, 00a - Karanis (Kom Aushim)[found]; Egypt[written]

Catalog Record: michigan.apis.2546 [xml]

Title Aesop's Fables (and Stories?)
Author Aesopus
Summary Fragments of fables of Aesop (who is named in col. 2, l. 15), including the fable of the eagle and the fox and the one of the farmer's quarrelsome sons(?)
Citations Luppe W, PMich XVIII, 765, 1996, Pl. IV -- A new examination of the original fragments showed that frgg. 1a, 1b, 1c (as numbered in the ed.pr.) were assigned to a slightly wrong place; frgg. 2a and 2b have now been joined. (PH)
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 5771
Support/Dimensions 2 papyri ; 12.7 x 12.5 cm; 5 x 7.3 cm
Condition both fragments broken at the top, left, right and bottom
Lines Frg. 1, Col. 1 - 16; col. 2 - 23;;Frg. 2 - 12
Recto/Verso Source of description: Verso
Origin Unknown place, province of Egypt
More from Unknown place, province of Egypt
Language 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: remains of a document (register?)
Subjects -; Aesop's fables.; Literary: Fables; Papyrus
Images Recto thumbnail
Images Recto medium
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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.

DCLP transcription: 59040 [xml]

fragment 1

column i
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1[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] ἐ̣πιδὰν(*) δ̣[ὲ ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣α[  ̣]  ̣[  ̣]ε̣ς̣ αὐτοὺ̣ς̣(*)
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]σ̣τ̣ου βιάζ[ο]νται(*)
⁦ vac. 2 lines⁩
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]τασια[  ̣]οντας
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ν̣ος δε̣  ̣  ̣  ̣[  ̣]  ̣ λ̣ό̣γ̣οις
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]σ̣ας δ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣πρ̣οσ
10[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ε˙ φη
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣  ̣  ̣[  ̣]ς
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ε
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ρ(*)
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ν
15[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ον
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]σ̣ατε
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- column ii
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣ε[  ̣]  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣ομε[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]α  ̣[  ̣]  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
5[  ̣  ̣]  ̣ωρι  ̣  ̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
ἀ̣π̣ό̣ τινος βωμ̣[οῦ καὶ ἤγαγεν ἐπὶ τὴν νεοτ-]
τ̣ι̣άν. ἡ δ’ ἅτε κομ̣ι[δῆι ξηρᾶς γενομένης τῆς]
ὕ̣λης εὐθέω̣ς̣ ἀνή[φθη καὶ οὐκ ἔσβη πρὶν καὶ]
τοὺς ὑ̣ποπετασθέντ̣[ας ὑπὸ τὰ νεόττια τάπη-]
10τα̣ς(*) κατακα[ῆ]ναι. το[ῦτο τὸ μυθολόγημα ἐλέ-]
γε̣το πρὸς το̣[ύ]σδε τοὺ̣[ς ἀνθρώπους, οἵτινες τὰς]
ἐνθήκ̣α̣ς πα̣[ρ]αβάν[τες ---]
καὶ αὑτ̣ο̣ὺ̣[ς εἰς] κίν[δυνον ἐμβάλλουσι τῶν]
θεῶν ὀργὴ̣[ν καὶ ἔ]χθ̣ρ̣[ραν ἐπαγόμενοι.]
——
15Αἰσώπωι   ̣  ̣[  ̣  ̣]υ̣ον[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
τὸ ἥδιστον τῶ[ν] ἐ̣ν τ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
παρασκευάσας̣ δε̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
τὴν ἡμ̣έραν κ̣[α]τ̣ατ[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
ὠνησαμενα̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
20[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣  ̣  ̣[  ̣]  ̣[  ̣]  ̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[  ̣  ̣]σ̣π̣υ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[  ̣  ̣]α̣ισω[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- fragment 1a
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]α̣ικα[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣ς ζηλ[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣αι  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
5[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ε  ̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣τ[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]σ[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- fragment 1b
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ο[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ω  ̣δ  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ναντ̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
5[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣ειδε  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣π̣αι̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- fragment 1c
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]τ̣ου(*)[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]σπ  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- fragment 2a
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ν̣α  ̣α̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ε̣ινος(*) β[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]μ̣ενους[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣σ̣ασεκ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
5[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]λαβῖν(*) α[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ασδαιλα[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]σαν̣ πα[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣α  ̣  ̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]μων[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
10[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]δετο̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]η  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣α̣ν̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- fragment 2b
Traces 3 lines
4[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ε̣αυτον[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Apparatus


^ 1.i.2. l. ἐπειδὰν
^ 1.i.3. or αὑτοὺ̣ς̣
^ 1.i.4. or βιάζ[ω]νται
^ 1.i.7-13. papyrus : [γεωργός τις υἱοὺς εἶχε σ]τασιά[ζ]οντας (or [ἐσ]τασία[σ]ον) τὰς | [πρὸς ἀλλήλους. πειρώμε]ν̣ος δὲ̣ τ̣ο̣[ῖ]ς̣ λ̣ό̣γ̣οις | [διαλλάττεσθαι ἀτυχή]σ̣ας, δ̣[έσμη]ν̣ πρ̣οσ|[τάξας ῥάβδων κομίσ]α̣ι κα[τ]ε̣[άξατ]ε˙ φη|[σι· ταύτας τὰς ῥαβδο]υ̣ς. ζηλο[τυπο]ῦ̣ν̣τ̣[ε]ς | [δ’ αὐτὰς ἐπεχείρουν κατεά]ξ̣αι. τ̣ῶ̣ν̣ δὲ̣ [συνδ]ε|[δεμένων σχοίνοις οὐκ] ἐδ̣ύ̣ναντ̣ο̣ [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] suppl. Luppe : ˙ papyrus : [τ]ε̣[άξατ]ε˙ papyrus
^ 1.ii.9-10. corr. ex [τάπη-]|τος
^ 1c.1. or π̣ου
^ 2a.2. or [ἐκ]εῖνος, or [δ]εῖνος
^ 2a.5. l. λαβεῖν

Editorial History; All History; (detailed)

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Notes

  • 7-16.

    i.7-13 are restored exempli gratia, with fragment 1a providing readings in i.9-15 and fragment 1b providing readings in i.10-16.

  • 6-14.

    These lines are restored exempli gratia.

APIS Translation (English)

(Text too fragmentary to be translated)