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Papyrus 186

Record Id:

040-002104567

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002104451

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000370

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147466628.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Papyrus 186

Title:

Metrology? (P.Lond.Lit. 77 ro., TM 63837, LDAB 5051, MP³2846.7), and Tragedy? (P.Lond.Lit. 77 vo., TM 63838, LDAB 5052, MP³1709)

Scope & Content:

Recto (P.Lond.Lit. 77 ro., TM 63837): Portions of metrological computations?

Verso (P.Lond.Lit. 77 vo., TM 63838): Portion of a play on Medea (perhaps a tragedy); with dialogue of Jason and another character, and a speech addressed to the chorus, formed by Corinthian women. Whether this is part of a tragedy, comedy or a satiric play (post-classical?) has been debated.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002104451
040-002104567

Is part of:

Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri

Papyrus 186 : Metrology? (P.Lond.Lit. 77 ro., TM 63837, LDAB 5051, MP3 2846.7), and Tragedy? (P.Lond.Lit. 77 vo., TM 63838, LDAB 5052, MP3 1709)

Hierarchy:

032-002104451[0105]/040-002104567

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus roll, with darker patches and insect holes throughout and abraded in places; written on both sides. The front bears portions of two columns, with traces of a third column, running along the fibres; the intercolumn and part of the lower margin survive. On the back, there are remains of three columns written against the fibres, with no complete line; the intercolumn and part of the lower margin survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

0100

End Date:

0299

Date Range:

2nd century-3rd century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Papyrus.

Dimensions: Fragments of varying size; largest fragment: 240 x 135 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 305 x 305 mm.

Script: Recto: Somewhat rough and irregular hand of small size, with some ligatures. Verso: Small semi-cursive hand; paragraphus and apostrophe occur.

Custodial History:

Origin: Egypt.

Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 177-208 from L. Paul Philip on 26 March 1891.

Former External References:

P.Lond. II 186
P.Lond.Lit. 77

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 405.

Recto

Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xvii, no. 186 ro. descr.

H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), p. 53, no. 77 ro. descr.

V. Gazza, ‘Prescrizioni mediche nei papiri dell’Egitto Greco-romano’, Aegyptus 35 (1955), pp. 86-110 (p. 95).

M.-H. Marganne, Inventaire analytique des papyrus grecs de médecine (Genève: Librairie Droz 1981), no. 101.

Verso

Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xvii, no. 186 vo. descr.

W. Crönert, ‘Die Medeia des Neophron’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 3 (190), pp. 1-5.

C. Fries, ‘Die Medeia des Neophron’, Neue Jahrbücher für klassische Altertumswissenschaft 13 (1904), pp. 171-172.

S. Eitrem, ‘Notes on some Greek literary papyri’, Christiania Vidensk.-Sels. For. 1906, Avh. 10 (1906), pp. 3-7.

S. Mekler, ‘Die Medea-Fragmente des britischen Museums’, Philologus 70 (1911), pp. 492-498.

H. Oldfather, The Greek Literary Texts from Greco-Roman Egypt (Madison: University of Wisconsin 1923), p. 48, no. 903.

H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 53-57, no. 77 vo.

D. L. Page, Euripides: Medea (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1938), p. XXXII, no. 6.

A. W. Pickard Cambridge, ‘Tragedy’, in J. U. Powell (ed.), New Chapters in Greek Literature, 3rd Series, (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1933), pp. 68-155 (pp. 152-153).

E. A. Thompson, ‘Neophron and Euripides' Medea’, Classical Quarterly 38 (1944), pp. 10-14 (p. 13, n. 3).

B. Snell, Szenen aus griechischen Dramen (Berlin: de Gruyter & Co 1971), pp. 204-205.

C. Austin, Comicorum Graecorum fragmenta in papyris reperta (CGFP) (Berlin: De Gruyter 1973), pp. 347-350, no. 370.

R. L. Hunter, ‘P. Lit. Lond. 77 and Tragic Burlesque in Attic Comedy’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 41 (1981), pp. 19-24.

D. F. Sutton, ‘P.Lit.Lond. 77: A Rebuttal’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 56 (1984), pp. 33-34.

D. F. Sutton, Papyrological Studies in Dionysiac Literature. P. Lit. Lond. 77: A Post-classical Satyr Play and P. Ross. Georg. I.11: A Hymn to Dionysus (Oak Park, IlInois: Bolchazy-Carducci 1987), pp. 9-59.

M. Huys, in Bibliotheca Orientalis 48 (1991), pp. 517-523.

G. Xanthakis-Karamanos, ‘A Survey of the Main Papyrus Texts of Post-Classical Tragedy’, Akten des 21. Internationalen Papyrologenkongresses, Berlin, 13.—19. 8. 1995 (Stuttgart –Leipzig: B. G. Teubner 1997), pp. 1034-1048 (pp. 1036-1037).

A. Martina, ‘PLitLond 77, i frammenti della Medea di Neofrone e la Medea di Euripide’, Papyrologica Lupiensia 9 (2000), pp. 247-276.

R. Kannicht (ed.), Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta (TrGF) 5.2 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht 2004), pp. 1137-1142, no. 677a.

D. Colomo, ‘Euripides' "Ur-Medea" between "Hypotheseis" and Declamation’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 176 (2011), pp. 45-51 (p. 49, n. 37).

P. O' Sullivan, C. Collard, Euripides Cyclops and major fragments of Greek satyric drama (Oxford: Aris & Phillips 2013), pp. 492-497.

G. Tedeschi, Spettacoli e trattenimenti dal IV secolo a.C. alletà tardo-antica secondo i documenti epigrafici e papiracei (Trieste: EUT 2017), p. 57.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

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