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Prayer to Dioscuri

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Accession: O.Mich.inv. 9371
Find spot: Karanis, Herakleidou meris, 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 ostracon ; 11 x 6.2 cm']
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Description

The prayer on the ostracon was addressed to the Dioscuri precisely in their role of Savior Gods. The text is unfortunately much damaged, but there is little doubt that it was a personal prayer. No other inference is quite reasonable in view of the name Muranos in l. 2. The meaning of the broken text in ll. 1-2 is in all likelihood accurately represented by "save Muranon". Nevertheless, the three-fold invocation has a liturgical flavor.

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Found at Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Cross-references (2)

TM-Text 63859 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.793 tier-1

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