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Papyrus 133
- Record Id:
- 040-002104514
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000329
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058108190.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 133
- Title:
- Demosthenes, Epistula III (P.Lond.Lit. 130, TM 61289, LDAB 2431, MP3 337)
- Scope & Content:
- Demosthenes’ Epistula III.1-38, addressed to the council and assembly and concerning the children on Lycurgus, from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 134 (Hyperides, Against Philippides), but in a different hand.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104514 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 133 : Demosthenes, Epistula III (P.Lond.Lit. 130, TM 61289, LDAB 2431, MP3 337) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0052]/040-002104514
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Continuation of the same roll as Papyrus 134, with blank space of about 300 mm to separate the texts and in a different hand; each sheet of the roll has a width of 185 mm; broken off to the right, with three columns missing from the text; well preserved, with slight abrasion in few places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 12 columns, sloping to the right, each measuring 170 x 58 mm and having between 29 and 36 lines; the intercolumn measures 12 mm on average; the upper margin measures between 29 and 38 mm, the lower between 33 and 40 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058108190.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0099
- End Date:
- 0000
- Date Range:
- 1st century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 240 x 860 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 295 x 920 mm.
Script: Extremely small hand, with a very slight slant to the right; informal, with few ligatures, ductus rather rapid; few corrections in the original hand. Spaces and circumflex used to mark punctuation; paragraphi occur, in the same hand as paragraphi in Papyrus 134 (Johnson 2004).
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Hermopolite nome (?), Egypt.
Provenance: 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. 130
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 394.
F. G. Kenyon, Classical texts from papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees of the British Museum 1891) pp. 56-62, with pl. III.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum I (London: British Museum 1893), p. xix, no. 133.
F. Blass, ‘Demosthenica aus neuen Papyrus’, Jahrbücher für Philologie und Pädagogik 145 (1892), pp. 29-44 (p. 34).
F. Blass, ‘Demosthenica aus ägyptischen Papyrus und Pergamenten’, Jahrbücher für Philologie und Pädagogik 149 (1894), pp. 441-450 (p. 447).
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), p. 98, no. 130.
G. Pasquali, Storia della tradizione e critica del testo (Firenze: Le Monnier 1962), p. 294.
B. Hausmann, Demosthenis fragmenta in papyris et membranis servata (Firenze: Edizioni Gonnelli 1978), p. 22, no. 44.
G. Cavallo, ‘La scrittura greca libraria tra I secoli I a.C.-I d.C.: materiali, tipologie, momenti’, in D. Harlfinger, G. Prato et al. (eds.), Paleografia e codicologia greca: atti del II colloquio internazionale (Berlino-Wolfenbüttel, 17-21 ottobre 1983) (Alessandria: Edizioni dell'orso 1991), pp. 11-29 (tav. 9).
W. A. Johnson, Bookrolls and Scribes in Oxyrhynchus (Toronto-London: University of Toronto Press 2004), pp. 50, 53, 81, 133, 139, 319-320, and passim, with pl. 15.
G. Cavallo, La scrittura greca e latina dei papiri: una introduzione (Pisa: Serra 2008), p. 49, with pl. 30.
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. 38-40).
Th. J. Kraus, ‘Demosthenes and (late) ancient miniature books from Egypt: reflections on a category, physical features, purpose and use’, in L. Arcari (ed.), Beyond conflicts: religious and cultural cohabitations in Alexandria and in Egypt between the 1st and the 6th century CE (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2017), pp. 115-130 (pp. 123-124).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)