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Trismegistos 64587 = LDAB 5817 = michigan.apis.3118
Catalog Record: michigan.apis.3118 [xml]
| Title | school exercise |
|---|---|
| Author | unknown |
| Summary | Side 1: Syllabary, first a col. of vowels, then combinations with consonants. In col. 7 iota functions both as consonant and as vowel.;Side 2: Alphabet in regular and reverse order, then the letters are paired. |
| Citations | Boak AER, CP 16, 189-91, 1921 Cribiore R, Writing, Teachers and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt, 83, 1996, Plate VII |
| Inv. Id | P.Mich. inv. 763 |
| Support/Dimensions | Wood ; 35.7 x 10.2 cm. |
| Condition | A wooden table pierced with two holes on one of the longer side. One of the holes is still filled by a fragment of a wooden peg, and these apertures may therefore have been used for some other purpose than the passage of leather thongs or wire for binding. |
| Lines | 1-10 |
| Recto/Verso | Source of description: Recto + Verso |
| Hands | Written in uncials varying from 1/2 cm. to 1 cm. in height. Each one of the syllables formed on side 1 has been underlined. Side 2 contains three lines only, which cover approximately the upper third of its surface, and are blurred toward the right. |
| Origin | unknown |
| Language | Greek |
| Date | IVth century A.D. (?) |
| Note (general) | Location: Ann Arbor |
| Note (general) | Pub. status: Recto + Verso |
| Note (related) | - |
| Subjects | -; Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.)--Writing;vProblems, exercises, etc.; Education, Greek--Egypt.; Wooden Tablet; documentary |
| Images | Recto medium |
| Images | Recto large |
| Images | Verso medium |
| Images | Verso large |
| License |  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
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