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oracle question

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 1258
Find spot: Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt (?), Egypt approx. site location
Period: IInd/IIIrd century A.D.
Date: IInd/IIIrd century A.D.
Date range: 100 CE – 299 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 4 x 6 cm.']
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Description

This papyrus contains an oracle question directed towards Isis. The author appears to question the oracle about some type of struggle, possibly an illness, since Isis was a goddess of healing.

Connections

Found at Arsinoite nome

Deities Isis

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 26805 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.1343 tier-1
DDbDP-Text sb;12;11226 tier-1
DDbDP-Text sb.12.11226 tier-1
HGV-Text 26805 tier-1

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