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Papyrus 132

Record Id:

040-002104513

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002104451

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000328

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147465116.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Papyrus 132

Title:

Isocrates, On the Peace (P.Lond.Lit. 131, TM 61326, LDAB 2470, MP³1272)

Scope & Content:

Isocrates, On the Peace 13-145, with marginal annotations and end-title.

Papyrus 132(1): On the Peace 13-20;

Papyrus 132(2): On the Peace 20-32;

Papyrus 132(3): On the Peace 32-47;

Papyrus 132(4): On the Peace 47-62;

Papyrus 132(5): On the Peace 62-79;

Papyrus 132(6): On the Peace 79-92;

Papyrus 132(7): On the Peace 92-104;

Papyrus 132(8): On the Peace 104-119; scant traces of ink on the back.

Papyrus 132(9): On the Peace 120-136;

Papyrus 132(10): On the Peace 136-145, with end title.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002104451
040-002104513

Is part of:

Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri

Papyrus 132 : Isocrates, On the Peace (P.Lond.Lit. 131, TM 61326, LDAB 2470, MP3 1272)

Contains:

Papyrus 132(1) : On the Peace 13-20
Papyrus 132(2) : On the Peace 20-32
Papyrus 132(3) : On the Peace 32-47
Papyrus 132(4) : On the Peace 47-62
Papyrus 132(5) : On the Peace 62-79
Papyrus 132(6) : On the Peace 79-92
Papyrus 132(7) : On the Peace 92-104
Papyrus 132(8) : On the Peace 104-119
Papyrus 132(9) : On the Peace 120-136
Papyrus 132(10) : On the Peace 136-145

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Hierarchy:

032-002104451[0051]/040-002104513

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus roll, housed in ten glass frames named Papyrus 132(1), Papyrus 132(2), Papyrus 132(3), Papyrus 132(4), Papyrus 132(5), Papyrus 132(6), Papyrus 132(7), Papyrus 132(8), Papyrus 132(9), Papyrus 132(10). All mounted on cardboard, except for Papyrus 132(8), which bears a small trace of ink on the back, at the top. There remain 44 columns running along the fibres, each with an average of 45 lines, measuring around 220 x 70 mm; the first 19 columns are badly mutilated, while the others are abraded and rubbed in places; 4 columns are lost at the beginning of the roll.

Papyrus 132(1): Fragments of varying size, light-brown, with portions of 4 columns, mutilated; with upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(2): Fragments of varying size, darker in places, with portions of 5 columns, mutilated; with upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(3): Fragments of varying size, with portions of 5 columns, mutilated and rubbed in places; with upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(4): Fragments of varying size, with portions of 5 columns, mutilated and rubbed in places; with part of upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(5): Portion of the roll with detached scrap, mid-brown, darker at the top; rubbed in places, otherwise well preserved; with 5 columns, upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(6): Portion of the roll, mid-brown, rubbed in places, otherwise well preserved; with 5 columns, upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(7): Portion of the roll with detached scrap, mid-dark brown; rubbed in places; with 4 columns, upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(8): Portion of the roll with four detached scraps, dark-brown; with 4 columns, upper and lower margins on the front; small trace of ink on the back;

Papyrus 132(9): Portion of the roll, mid-dark brown; rubbed in places; with 4 columns, upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(10): Portion of the roll, mid-dark brown; rubbed in places; with 3 columns, traces of the preceding column and two additional lines on the right; with upper, right and lower margins.

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

0050

End Date:

0150

Date Range:

mid 1st century-mid 2nd century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Papyrus.

Dimensions: fragments of varying size. Housed in ten glass frames named Papyrus 132(1), Papyrus 132(2), Papyrus 132(3), Papyrus 132(4), Papyrus 132(5), Papyrus 132(6), Papyrus 132(7), Papyrus 132(8), Papyrus 132(9), Papyrus 132(10) measuring 335 x 435 mm.

Script: Medium-sized informal hand, upright, with a tendency to become less careful, more cursive and smaller; with marginal annotations in another hand; accents and breathings occasionally occur.

Custodial History:

Origin: Egypt.

Provenance: Moirai, Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 130-137 from John R. Alexander according to the Trustees’ minutes of 12 April 1890.

Former External References:

P.Lond.Lit. 131

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), pp. 393-394.

H. Weil, ‘Fragment iambique inédit rapporté par M. Sayce’, Revue des études grecques 3 (1890), p. 309, n. 1.

F. G. Kenyon, Classical texts from papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees of the British Museum 1891) pp. 63-79.

E. Drerup, Isocratis opera omnia (Lipsiae: sumptibus Dieterichii (Theodori Weicher) 1906), pp. v-vi.

H. I. Bell, ‘The British Museum Papyrus of Isocrates Peri Eirenes’, Journal of Philology 30 (1907), pp. 1-83.

M. L. W. Laistner, ‘Isocratea’, The Classical Quarterly 15 (1921), pp. 78-84.

H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), p. 98, no. 131 descr.

A.E. Raubitschek, ‘Two Notes on Isocrates’, Transactions of the American Philological Association 72 (1941), pp. 356-364.

G. Mathieu, Isocrate. Discours. Tome III, Sur la paix; Aréopagitique; Sur l'échange (Paris: Société d'éditions les Belles lettres 1942), 10, n. 2.

B. G. Mandilaras, Ho Peri eirenes logos tou Isokratou ek tou papurou tou Bretannikou Mouseiou (Athens: Institouton tou Bibliou 1975), pp. 55-161.

T. Renner, ‘Four Michigan Papyri of Classical Greek Authors’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 29 (1978), pp. 5-28 (p. 24, n. 25).

C. Gallazzi, ‘Frammento di Isocrate da Medînet Mâdi (Ad Nicoclem 30 e 32)’, in S. F. Bondì, S. Pernigotti, F. Serra, A. Viviani (eds.), Studi in onore di Edda Bresciani (Pisa: Giardino 1985), pp. 221-225 (p. 224).

A. Martin, ‘Heurs et malheurs d'un manuscrit. Deux notes à propos du papyrus d'Hérondas’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 139 (2002), pp. 22-26.

B. G. Mandilaras, Isocrates I (München: K. G. Saur 2003), 82 descr.

G. Messeri, ‘PLitLond 131: Isocrates, «De pace»’, in Studi e Testi per il Corpus dei Papiri Filosofici 12. Studi sulla tradizione del testo di Isocrate (Firenze: L. S. Olschki 2003), pp. 21-54.

P. M. Pinto, ‘Engelbert Drerup a Idris Bell: tre inediti’, Analecta Papyrologica 14-15 (2002-2003 [2005]), pp. 371-377.

K. McNamee, Annotations in Greek and Latin texts from Egypt (New Haven, Conn.: American Society of Papyrologists 2007), p. 288, no. 1272.

Corpus dei papiri filosofici greci e latini: CPF. Testi e lessico nei papiri di cultura greca e latina. 2[.2], Isocratis Antidosis – Isocratis testimonia (Firenze: L. S. Olschki 2008), pp. 540-599, with pll. 77-78.

L. del Corso, ‘L’Athenaion Politeia (P.Lond. Lit. 108) e la sua ‘biblioteca’: libri e mani nella chora egizia’, D. Bianconi, L. del Corso (eds.), Oltre la scrittura. Variazioni sul tema per Guglielmo Cavallo (Paris: Centre d'études byzantines, néo-helléniques et sud-est européennes, École des hautes études en sciences sociales 2008), pp. 13-52 (pp. 42-43).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Isocrates, Attic orator, 436 BC-338 BC

Places:

Moirai, Hermopolite nome, Egypt

Related Material:

The papyrus belongs to the Library of the Athenaion Politeia (TM Arch ID 562).