DCLP/Trismegistos 63859 = LDAB 5073 = michigan.apis.793

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Title	Prayer to the Dioskouroi
Principal Edition	51149. Herbert C. Youtie, "Ostraca from Karanis.," ZPE, 16 (1975), pp. 272-274. http://www.jstor.org/stable/201808151
Catalog(s)	MP3 02491.100
Fragments	Cairo, Egyptian Museum O.Mich. inv. 9371
Support Material	pottery
Support Dimensions	11cm wide x 6.2cm high
Date	100 - 299 More from the period between 100 CE and 299 CE
Origin	Fundort: Karanis (= Kom Aushim) (Arsinoites, Egypt) - 1929; Schreibort: Karanis (= Kom Aushim) (Arsinoites, Egypt) More from Fundort: Karanis (= Kom Aushim) (Arsinoites, Egypt) - 1929; Schreibort: Karanis (= Kom Aushim) (Arsinoites, Egypt)
Form and Layout	pottery sheet (columns: 0, pagination: 0)
Genre	prayer; liturgy (?)
Culture	religion
Religion	classical
General Notes	Accession number 29-E14E*-D.
Images	quod.lib.umich.edu/.../x-793
Print Illustrations	Liège
Availability	© Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License .

Publications	ZPE 16 (1975), p. 272-273 (1975)
Inv. no.	Cairo, Egyptian Museum number unknown; . formerly: Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library O. 9371
Date	AD 100 - 299
Language	Greek
Provenance	Egypt, 00a - Karanis (Kom Aushim)[found & written]

Title	Prayer to Dioscuri
Author	Unknown
Summary	The prayer on the ostracon was addressed to the Dioscuri precisely in their role of Savior Gods. The text is unfortunately much damaged, but there is little doubt that it was a personal prayer. No other inference is quite reasonable in view of the name Muranos in l. 2. The meaning of the broken text in ll. 1-2 is in all likelihood accurately represented by "save Muranon". Nevertheless, the three-fold invocation has a liturgical flavor.
Citations	Youtie HC, ZPE 16, 273, 1975
Inv. Id	O.Mich.inv. 9371
Support/Dimensions	1 ostracon ; 11 x 6.2 cm
Lines	4 lines
Recto/Verso	Source of description: Recto
Origin	Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt More from Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Language	Greek
Date	IInd-IIIrd century A.D. More from the period between 100 CE and 299 CE
Note (general)	Location: Cairo
Note (general)	Pub. status: Recto; Verso is blank
Subjects	Literary; subliterary; religion; Ostracon
Images	Recto thumbnail
Images	Recto medium
Images	Recto large
License	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

Διόσκοροι Σωτῆρες ̣ ̣ ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣]
Μουρανόν, Διόσκ[οροι] {Σ̣ω̣}
Σωτῆρες ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
Διόσκ[οροι Σωτῆρες ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]

1.
The editor notes: "At the end of the line possible σώσ[ατε], but this would be a very doubtful reading."
3.
The editor notes: "The first two letters of Σωτῆρες project into the left margin, as if the writer thought that he had omitted them and was inserting them at the beginning of line 3. The same letters are almost surely to be read at the end of line 2."

Dioscuri Savors ...[;Muranon, Dioscuri [;Savors . [;Dioscuri [Savors