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Add MS 33368
- Record Id:
- 032-001628106
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001628106
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x0001f7
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 33368
- Title:
- Grammatical Exercises with Drawing (TM 64582, LDAB 5812, MP3 2714)
- Scope & Content:
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A waxen book, inscribed by the stilus with grammatical material, such as the names of the cases, and other rough notes (possibly scribblings), in Greek, apparently the work of a schoolboy. A drawing – possibly meant for the schoolmaster – appears on one of them.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001628106", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 33368: Grammatical Exercises with Drawing (TM 64582, LDAB 5812, MP3 2714)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001628106
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001628106
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Codex of 6 wooden tablets coated with wax on both sides and two covers waxed on the inner side only.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0499
- Date Range:
- 4th century-5th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Wood.
Dimensions: 175 x 108 x 7-8 mm.
Script: Very rough hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Upper Egypt.
Provenance: Upper Egypt. Purchased in 1888.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1894), p. 4, no. 33,368.
F. Kenyon, ‘Two Greek School-Tablets’, The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 29 (1909), pp. 32-39.
M. Richard, Inventaire des Manuscrits Grecs du British Museum (Paris: C.N.R.S. 1952; Publications de l’Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes 3), p. 56.
G. Zalateo, ‘Papiri scolastici’, Aegyptus 41 (1961), p. 189, no. 229.
R. Pack, The Greek and Latin Literary Texts from Graeco-Roman Egypt 2 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1965), no 2714.
K. Painter, ‘A Roman Writing Tablet from London’, British Museum Quarterly 31 (1967), p. 106 no. 12.
M. Erler, ‘Zu Platon, Politeia 534 D’, Hermes 111 (1983), pp. 221-226.
J. Debut, ‘Les documents scolaires’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 63 (1986), no. 323.
W. Brashear & F. Hoogendijk, ‘Corpus tabularum lignearum ceratarumque Aegyptiarum’, Enchoria, 17 (1990), p. 40.
P. Cauderlier, ‘Les tablettes grecques d'Égypte inventaire’, in Tablettes à écrire de l'antiquité à l'époque moderne (Turnhout: Brepols 1992; Bibliogia elementa ad librorum studia pertinentia 12), p. 75, nos. 37-44.
R. Cribiore, Writing, Teachers, and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Atlanta: Scholars Press 1996; American Studies in Papyrology 36), p. 279, no. 401.
K. Worp, A New Survey of Greek, Coptic, Demotic and Latin Tabulae Preserved from Classical Antiquity (Leiden-Leuven: Trismegistos Online Publications 2012; Version 1.0), p. 29, no. 177.
Metadata provided by The Center for the Tebtunis Papyri, University of California, Berkeley.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)