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lyrical fragment

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 4336
Find spot: unknown, Egypt
Period: IInd century B.C.
Date: IInd century B.C.
Date range: 199 BCE – 100 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 6.7 x 13.5 cm.']
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Description

The papyrus contains a poem in the choral iambic meter. The content of this poem is lost, but he seems to propagate some opposition to a modern way of poetry; that theme is followed by an appeal to a Muse.

Cross-references (2)

TM-Text 65629 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.2189 tier-1

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