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Papyrus 256
- Record Id:
- 040-002104629
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003c0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058771031.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 256
- Title:
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Miscellaneous Documents (P.Lond. II 256 A, C-E, TM 11657, 19973-19975), Epigram on the Battle of Actium (P.Lond.Lit. 62, TM 63120, LDAB 4324, MP3 1853.1) and Rhetorical Exercises (P.Lond.Lit. 138, TM 63121, LDAB 4325, MP3 2515)
- Scope & Content:
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Documents from a ‘pasted roll’ (tomos synkollesimos) containing five documents:
Recto:
From left to right:
- Detached fragments and beginning of the larger fragment with traces of writing;
- Column 1 (preserved on the larger fragment): Receipt for shipment of 1718 and a half artabas of grain to be conveyed to Alexandria. The receipt, dated to 29th October 15, is acknowledged by a pilot of a public vessel and addressed to Acusilaus, sitologus (director of the granary) of Lysimachis, and belongs to his archive (P.Lond. II 256A, Chrest.Wilck. 443, TM 11657);
- Column 2 (on top of the sheet): Epigram of fourteen verses in elegiac metre relating the entry of Augustus into Egypt after the Battle of Actium; dated to 25 BC-5 AD (P.Lond. II 256 B = P.Lond.Lit. 62 = Aevum Antiquum 11 (1998), p. 280, TM 63120, LDAB 4324, MP3 1853.1);
- Column 3 (written in the lower part of the sheet under column 2 in reverse direction) : Order from Faustus, an imperial slave, to Acusilaus to deliver seed grain to the demosioi georgoi (public farmers); the receipt belongs to the archive of Acusilaus and is dated to 20th November 11 (P.Lond. II 256 E, Chrest.Wilck. 344, TM 19975);
-Column 4: One broad column with an unpublished document dated to 35th year of Augustus, (5-6 AD), damaged (P.Lond. II 256 C descr. (TM 19973);
-Column 5: At the right-hand end of the larger fragment, one column containing an order from four local officials to deliver seed grain to certain public farmers; the names of the latter with the specific amounts are listed from line 15 to the end. The order, dated to 11, is addressed to Acusilaus and belongs to his archive (P.Lond. II 256 D, TM 19974);
Verso, Column 1-10: Declamations and rhetorical exercises (progymnasmata) written by an anonymous author and arranged in ten columns. Corrections and annotations are made by the same hand that wrote the text. Two declamations are on cases where foreigners are involved and one on a case of theft; the progymnasmata concern various laws (P.Lond.Lit. 138, TM 63121, LDAB 4325, MP3 2515).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104629 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 256 : Miscellaneous Documents (P.Lond. II 256 A, C-E, TM 11657, 19973-19975), Epigram on the Battle of Actium (P.Lond.Lit. 62, TM 63120,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0148]/040-002104629
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus fragments of various sizes from a composite roll, with the larger fragment being made up by joining several sheets of different dimensions, originally distinct; written on both sides, containing several columns in various hands not fully preserved. One sheet in the middle of the roll was arranged in the reverse way to the rest, so that its verso lies with the recto of the rest of the roll.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058771031.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0000
- End Date:
- 0099
- Date Range:
- 1st century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 275 x 1460 mm exclusive of the detached fragments; mounted in one glass frame measuring 420 x 1735 mm.
Script: Various hands. Recto: A: Thick and well-marked uncial hand, with a few ligatures; B: Neat uncial; C: Rough semi-cursive hand; D: Neat cursive hand; E: Rather larger, well-marked semi-uncial hand; Verso: Small cursive hand, rich in abbreviations.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 256-271 from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) on 14 March 1893.
- Former External References:
- Chrest.Wilck. 344
Chrest.Wilck. 443
P.Lond. II 256A-E
P.Lond.Lit. 138
P.Lond.Lit. 62 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), pp. 417-418.
F. G. Kenyon, ‘Une épigramme sur la bataille d'Actium’, Revue de Philologie, de Littérature et d'Histoire Anciennes 19 (1895), pp. 177-179.
H. Weil, ‘Remarques sur l’épigramme grecque’, Revue de Philologie, de Littérature et d'Histoire Anciennes 19 (1895), pp. 180-181.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. XXIV, pp. 95-99, no. 256a, d, e.
F. Kenyon, ‘Fragments d’exercises de rhéthorique’, in Mélanges Henri Weil. Recueil de mémoires concernant l'histoire et la littérature grecques, dédié à Henri Weil à l'occasion de son 80e anniversaire (Paris: A. Fontemoing 1898), pp. 243-248.
L. Mitteis, U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde I.2 (Leipzig-Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1912), pp. 407-408, no. 344; pp. 521-523, no. 443.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner 1913), pp. 249-250.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: The Trustees 1927), p. 47, no. 62, pp. 101-118, no. 138.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 81.
R. Keydell, ‘Zwei Stücke griechisch-ägyptischer Poesie’, Hermes 69 (1934), pp. 420-425 (pp. 421-425).
L. Alfonsi, ‘Sull'epigramma del P. CCLVI del Museo Britannico’, Aegyptus 30 (1950), pp. 72-76.
L. Alfonsi, E. Franceschini, J. S., ‘Miscellanea’, Aevum 28 (1954), pp. 552-566 (pp. 552-554).
D. Bonneau, La crue du Nil, divinité égyptienne à travers mille ans d'histoire (332 av.-641 ap. J.C.), d'après les auteurs grecs et latins, et les documents des époques ptolémaïque, romaine et byzantine (Paris: C. Klincksieck 1964), p. 330.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1964), p. 43.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1969), p. 51.
D. Bonneau, Le fisc et le Nil: incidences des irrégularités de la crue du Nil sur la fiscalité foncière dans l'Egypte grecque et romaine (Paris: Cujas 1971), p. 150.
J. A. Straus, ‘Notes sur quelques papyrus concernant l'esclavage dans l'Egypte romaine’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 32 (1978), pp. 259-262 (pp. 259-260).
H. Lloyd-Jones, P. J. Parsons, Supplementum Hellenisticum (Berlin: Novi Eboraci - New York: W. de Gruyter 1983), p. 496, no. 982.
E. van't Dack, P. van Dessel, W. van Gucht, Egypt and the Hellenistic world: proceedings of the International Colloquium, Leuven - 24-26 May 1982 (Studia Hellenistica 27) (Lovanii: Studia Hellenistica, 1983), p. 46.
D. B. Thompson, L. Koenen, ‘Gallus as Triptolemos on the Tazza Farnese’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 21 (1984), pp. 111-156 (pp. 126-131).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1986), pp. 83-84.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden 1995), p. 127.
R. Ziegler, ‘Bemerkungen zur Datierung dokumentarischer Papyri und Ostraka’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 114 (1996), pp. 157-161 (p. 160).
S. Barbantani, ‘Un epigramma encomiastico "alessandrino" per Augusto (SH 982)’, Aevum Antiquum 11 (1998), pp. 255-344.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1998), p. 98.
T. Dorandi, Nell'officina dei classici: come lavoravano gli autori antichi (Roma: Carocci 2007), p. 49
G. Russo, ‘L’uomo che rubò a se stesso. Una declamazione con notazioni didattiche (P.Lond. Lit. 138, coll. III 5–IV 18)’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 59 (2013), pp. 301-325.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)