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Literary Parody

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 6946
Find spot: Themistes meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt, Egypt
Period: Ist century B.C.
Date: Ist century B.C.
Date range: 99 BCE – 1 BCE
Materials: ['10 papyri ; Fr. 1: 30.8 x 26.5 cm; and 9 smaller fragmnets, which measure: fr. a 1 x 2 cm; fr. b 3.5 x 1.8 cm; fr. c 2 x 2.4 cm; fr. d 3.2 x 2.2 cm; fr. e 10.5 x 5 cm; fr. f 10.5 x5.5 cm; fr. g 3 x 1 cm; fr. h 2 x 1 cm; fr. i 2 x 1 cm']
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Description

The recto contains a portion of a mock-epic poem about the conflict between mice and a weasel. The two adversaries are an anonymous weasel and the mouse-hero named Trixos. The verso contains a list of persons and payments grouped under villages of the Themistes meris of the Arsinoite nome.

Cross-references (2)

TM-Text 65665 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.3034 tier-1

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