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Aesopic Fable

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 5604
Find spot: Unknown, Egypt
Period: IIIrd century A.D.
Date: IIIrd century A.D.
Date range: 200 CE – 299 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 5 x 13 cm (+ P.Yale inv. 1158: 3.5 x 13 cm)']
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Description

A new version of a popular Aesop fable about the wisdom and foresight of the swallow; the three first lines could be the epimythium or moral of a Latin translation of either this fable or a preceding one

Cross-references (3)

TM-Text 63275 primary
TM-Text 59039 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.2517 tier-1

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