SB 1 1209, T.Möller 118, C.Étiq.Mom.1972

Edition number

Institution:

Ägyptisches Museum

City_country:

Berlin, Germany

Inventory number:

11825

Edition number:

SB 1 1209, T.Möller 118, C.Étiq.Mom.1972

TM number:

40174

Period:

Roman

Date:

III CE

Dating crit:

Provenance:

Apollinariados Nesos (?)

Prov crit:

Acquisition:

Bought in 1894 in Strasbourg to Forrer

Preservation:

Complete

Material:

Wood

Material sub_type:

Ink:

Black

Format:

Rectangular

Corners of the tabula:

Sharp

Number of ears:

Corners of the ears:

Not relevant

Number of holes:

Hole position:

Left

State of preservation:

Good

Special features:

All the corners have been cut off

Dimensions of the label:

13.5 x 6

Dimensions of the scripture:

Dimensions of the margin:

Other dimensions:

Type:

Sub_type:

Text format:

Painted

Has writing on both sides:

Language:

Greek

Type of script:

Orientation:

Lengthwise

Has illustration:

Type of illustration:

Text:

Ἀπολλώνιος Εὐ-
σεβοῦς μητ(ρὸς) Τάμιτος,
ἐτελεύτησεν ὑπὸ σκορπίου
ἐν τῇ Νήσῳ Ἀπολιναριάδος.

Translation:

Apollonios, son of Eusebios. His mother is Tamis. He died for a scorpion (bite) in the island of Apolinaris.

Commentary:

The label expresses the cause of death

Publication:

F. Krebs, Griechische Mumienetikette aus Ägypten, Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 32 (1894): 47, n. 36.

Catalogue:

Bibliography:

G. Möller, Demotische Texte aus den Königlichen Museen zu Berlin, vol. 1, Mumienschilder, Leipzig, 1913, n. 118, K. Sudhoff, Ärztliches aus griechischen Prapyrus-Urkunden; Bausteine zu einer medizinischen Kulturgeschichte des Hellenismus gesammelt und bearb, Leipzig, 1909, 195-196, M. Tod, The Scorpion in Graeco-Roman Egypt, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 25 (1939): 55, n. 1.

URL:

https://smb.museum/berlpap/index.php/00128/

Additional information:

Plate in O. Montevechi, La papirologia, Torino, 1988, pl. 6

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