APIS Translation (English)
3. NN wa]s priest of; [Sarapis and Peteph]res of Apis; NN ga]ve birth to Pete[phres... who is] called; ... NN gave bir]th to Jannes [and Jambres the t]wo sons of his; [- - -] Jannes and Jambres were magicians ..]
Trismegistos 63854 = LDAB 10307 = michigan.apis.3365
Catalog Record: michigan.apis.3365 [xml]
| Title | Apocryph text on the magicians Jannes and Jambres |
|---|---|
| Author | Unknown |
| Summary | Fragment of apocryph text recording the genealogy (?) of Jannes and Jambres |
| Citations | Schmelz, G., I. Andorlini et all, Atti del XXII Congresso Internazionale di Papirologia. Florence 2001., 1202-1207, 2001, Plate XLVI |
| Inv. Id | P.Mich.Inv. 4925 |
| Support/Dimensions | 1 papyrus ; 5.3 x 5.6 cm |
| Condition | Put together from two pieces. Broken off at all sides. |
| Lines | 11 lines |
| Recto/Verso | Source of description: Verso |
| Hands | Irregular book-hand, similar to P. Oxy. XXXIII 2656 + BKT V 1, p. 83-87. |
| Origin | Unknown |
| Language | Greek |
| Date | IVth century A.D. |
| Note (general) | Location: Ann Arbor |
| Note (general) | Pub. status: Verso; Recto was published by L. Koenen in BASP 16, 1979, 114-116 |
| Note (related) | - |
| Subjects | -; Jannes;c(Biblical figure)--Legends.; Jambres;c(Biblical figure)--Legends.; Magic--Religious aspects--Christianity--Legends.; Literary: Christian; Papyrus |
| Associated Names | A priest of Sarapis (?); Pete]phres, priest of Apis, grandfather of Jannes and Jambres; Jannes: Jambres |
| Images | Verso thumbnail |
| Images | Verso medium |
| Images | Verso large |
| License |  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
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