Photographic Archive of Papyri in the Cairo Museum


P.Cair.Masp. 2 67177

35.2 x 30.4

CG67177; JE40915; SR2428

Poetry (an Encomium)

(VIth Century AD (?))

A poem in dactylic hexametre by Dioscoros. The present piece is addressed to an unnamed person - the dux of Thebaid - in whom the author is praising, among other qualities, illustrious birth. Belongs to the archive of Dioscoros.

 

 

 


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