Abstract
Re-edition of the recto of P.Mich. inv. 2958 (michigan.apis.1711), a musical papyrus from Karanis, focused on the musical notation. This papyrus was first published by O.M. Pearl and R.P. Winnington-Ingram and was most recently republished in E. Pöhlman and M.L. West, Documents of Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 2001) as nos. 42 and 43. This re-edition presents a number of new readings based on autopsy of the papyrus, a commentary, and a new transcription of the semeia into modern musical notation. Most significantly, this re-edition proposes a reinterpretation of the extra line of musical notation between lines 4 and 5 as a revision of the melisma over ὦ in line 5.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 143-179 |
| Number of pages | 37 |
| Journal | Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists |
| Volume | 52 |
| State | Published - 2015 |